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Could Your Child Survive a Car Crash?

Each year more than 1,100 visits to an emergency department are made by children under the age of nine due to a motor vehicle crash. Many are hurt because they aren't properly buckled up in a car seat or booster seat. This month, parents and caregivers across Utah can learn how to buckle their kids and keep them safe during National Child Passenger Safety Week.

Free car seat checks will be held across Utah by Safe Kids Coalitions and local health departments. Certified car seat technicians will be on hand to answer safety questions and show parents how to install their seats. Events will be held:

  • Saturday, September 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Babies ’R Us (1122 Fort Union Blvd, Midvale) 
     
  • Saturday, September 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Wheeler Historic Farm (6351 South 900 East, Murray)

  • Saturday, September 20 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Sunset City parking lot (85 West 1800 North, Sunset)

  • Saturday, September 20 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center (1034 North 500 West, Provo)

  • Saturday, September 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Tooele County Health Department (151 North Main, Tooele)

  • Tuesday, September 23 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Babies ’R Us (106 East University Parkway, Orem)

  • Wednesday, September 25 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Syracuse Fire Department (1751 South 2000 West, Syracuse)

  • Wednesday, September 25 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Jorgensen Ford (1000 South Cove View Road, Richfield)

  • Friday September 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Wasatch County Health Department (55 South 500 East, Heber City)

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