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Are rear-facing car seats safer in an accident?
The research I have done into car seats demonstrates that rear-facing car seats are four times safer in a frontal collision so it's not a small increase in safety should you have an accident. Rear shunt stats are similar. Significantly cuts the risk of neck, internal injury and internal decapitation. Have a look at www.rearfacing.co.uk/.
Our daughter knows no different so is quite happy travelling in this direction. We'll be sticking to them for now and have had no problems with sickness (thus far). There's a good view out of the rear window. Obviously the downside is the fact that they take up a lot of space.
Our daughter knows no different so is quite happy travelling in this direction. We'll be sticking to them for now and have had no problems with sickness (thus far). There's a good view out of the rear window. Obviously the downside is the fact that they take up a lot of space.
Asked on 20 July 2013 by FW, via email
Answered by
Honest John
Less than 3,000 people a year die in the UK in motor vehicle related incidents of all kinds, only around 1,000 of which are drivers and passengers in cars. There are more than 30,000,000 vehicles on Britain's roads and more than 35,000,000 drivers. On average, 300,000,000,000 miles are travelled by vehicles in the UK. So while the stats you give me may be 100% accurate, the chances of a child dying because he/she was in a forward facing child seat are so tiny they are not even measurable.
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