The ultimate guide to baby and child car seats

In Australia, all children up to the age of seven years should be seated in a suitable infant or child car restraint when travelling in a car.

This includes your journey home from hospital with your baby, so don’t leave it too late to get one fitted!

The child restraint laws were introduced in all Australian states and territories to reduce the number of children being prematurely moved to the next level of child restraint (or to no child restraint at all) and to reduce the effects of serious injury or death in an accident.

Here is our ultimate guide to infant and child car restraints to help you make sure your child is as safe as possible while travelling in a car.

4 important things all parents MUST know about child car restraints

1. All children must be, by law, in a child restraint until the age of seven.
2. The seat must be the appropriate seat for the child’s size and age.
3. The seat must be installed