According to the Minnesota Safety Council, seven out of 10 Minnesota children are unsafe in their car seats due to improper installation. During the inspection, Mayo Clinic staff will conduct a thorough evaluation of each seat to ensure it is installed properly and meets safety recommendations. Children must be present for accurate inspection of the child restraint. 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 When properly installed, studies show that car seats save more than 300 children under five years old every year. However, more than 1,800 children die as passengers in vehicle crashes nationally each year and over 300,000 are injured.
Many families stop using car seats too soon.