Child safety seat laws are recommended based on strong evidence of their effectiveness in increasing child safety seat use. Child safety seat laws require children riding in motor vehicles to be restrained in federally approved infant or child safety seats.

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Effect Behavioral Change, Reduce Injury, Reduce Mortality, Reduce Morbidity, Government & Policymakers, Law Enforcement, Community- & Faith-Based Organizations, Primary Prevention, Environmental & Policy, Behavioral & Social, Families & Households, Parents, Caregivers

Community Preventive Services Task Force. Recommendations to reduce injuries to motor vehicle occupants: increasing child safety seat use, increasing safety belt use, and reducing alcohol-impaired driving. Am J Prev Med [Internet]. 2001 Nov [cited 2013 Mar 21];21(4S):16?22. Available from http://www.thecommunityguide.org/mvoi/mvoi-AJPM-recs.pdf