Child Passenger Safety Week 2024
September 15 – 21, 2024 (Child Passenger Safety Week) / September 21, 2024 (National Seat Check Saturday)
Keeping children safe while traveling is a top priority for parents and caregivers, and most believe that they know how to properly install and use their child’s car seat. Sadly, motor vehicle crashes are still a leading cause of death for children and national data indicates that 46% of car seats are misused. One of the most common mistakes parents and caregivers make is moving a child to the next car seat before the child is ready and has outgrown their current car seat. Children are best protected during vehicle travel when they are secured in a correctly installed car seat that is appropriate for their age and size.
CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY WEEK and Seat Check Saturday, September 15-21, 2024
Child Passenger Safety Week (CPS Week) focuses attention on the need to secure children as safely as possible. The Pennsylvania 2024 theme, “Love Me, Buckle Me…. Every Trip, Every Time, Every Vehicle” highlights the importance of choosing an appropriate car seat for every child and using it correctly every time. The car seat check events scheduled throughout the week provide hands-on guidance to caregivers on the correct selection, installation and use of an appropriate car seat, booster seat, or seat belt based on the child’s age, weight, height, and developmental needs.
The Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project (PA TIPP) and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) are providing this planner to assist you in coordinating community safety events. Child Passenger Safety Week provides the opportunity to educate parents on correct car seat, booster seat, and seat belt choices to keep the entire family safe, because the consequences of a crash can be devastating. Please contact us if we can support your efforts during Child Passenger Safety Week.
PA TIPP compiles a list of Pennsylvania car seat check events and activities that are scheduled during Child Passenger Safety Week and Seat Check Saturday. Send us your event information for the statewide list by completing the form at www.surveymonkey.com/r/CPSWeekEvent2024. Events are shared with PennDOT and posted on the PA TIPP website.
Help us to get the word out about car seat checks and educational efforts being conducted by registering your events through the link below. Do not forget to share the success of your event by completing the data collection form through the link below.
Child Passenger Safety Week 2024 Planner
- The planner provides:
- Child passenger safety information to use as you plan and promote your educational program or event in your community.
- Child safety seat and seat belt statistics.
- Best practice safety messages and educational resources.
- A synopsis of Pennsylvania’s Occupant Protection law addressing child passengers.
Download a PDF file of the 2024 Child Passenger Safety Week Planner here.
Register your Child Passenger Safety Week Event online!
Pennsylvania is joining States across the country in celebrating Child Passenger Safety Week 2024 and Seat Check Saturday. Community car seat check events educate parents on the correct selection and use of car seats for a child’s age weight and size. Help us get the word out. Register your car seat check event scheduled during the week of September 15 – 21, 2024. Car seat checks that are registered will be shared with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, provided for media releases, upon request, and posted on PA TIPP website calendar of events. PA TIPP does not need to be involved in the community car seat check event, we are merely compiling the list of events to be shared. If you are interested in receiving the list of events, please email aosterhuber@paaap.org.
Click here to register your event online.
Submit your Child Passenger Safety Week 2024 event data online!
Thank you for educating families on the correct selection and use of car seats, booster seats, and seat belts during Child Passenger Safety Week 2024. You have helped to keep Pennsylvania’s children safe while traveling on our roadways. Please share your results with us so we can compile the data from the events held during Child Passenger Safety Week to highlight the efforts dedicated to protecting children throughout Pennsylvania and your community can be recognized. Please submit your event data by September 30th, 2024. PA TIPP will compile the data from the events and document the successful outreach in local communities. The compiled data will be provided to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Record your event online through the link below.
Click here to submit your event data online.
Request Child Passenger Safety Materials for your Event
Educational Materials provide parents and caregivers information about child passenger safety best practice recommendations for the selection and use of car seats, belt-positioning booster seats and seat belts. Materials can be ordered through the link below. Materials can also be ordered by calling 1-800- CAR BELT, or by emailing aosterhuber@paaap.org. Please submit your requests early to guarantee delivery in time for your Child Passenger safety Week event.
Child passenger safety educational materials are available upon request.