Minn. Children must be present for accurate inspection of the child restraint. According to the Minnesota Safety Council, seven out of 10 Minnesota children are unsafe in their car seats due to improper installation. Simply purchasing a car seat and installing it in the vehicle is not enough to protect children from injury. Mayo Clinic staff will conduct a thorough evaluation of each seat to ensure that it is installed properly and meets safety recommendations. Parents tend to move children up to the next child restraint too early Use of recalled or old seats Use of seats that have been in a collision Nationally each year more than 1,800 children die as passengers in vehicle crashes and over 300,000 are injured.
Many families stop using car seats too soon.
Each car seat inspection will take approximately 15 minutes.