Safety child seat saved life of a 2 year old passenger

17 October 2011

Foreign-made car crossed the middle line and bumped into bus. Fortunately, not a single bus passenger got injured. A husband and his wife driving in a passenger car died. A 18-year-old girl sustained serious injuries, a two-year-old child was hurt. The child’s life was protected by the car seat.

The motor vehicle accident took place early in the morning on October 17 at the 1115 km of the Federal highway «Don» in the area adjacent to the town of Batajsk. A commuter bus Mercedes–Benz was driving from the Cossack village Leningradskaya heading to Rostov-on-Don; there were 51 passengers inside. Suddenly it was approached by a Mitsubishi Galant passenger car moving at high speed. The collision could not be avoided. The foreign-made car had a head-on collision with the public transportation vehicle. The bus veered into ditch, its front was heavily dented, the wind shield smashed. Fortunately, not a single bus passenger got injured.

Inside the foreign car both the husband and his wife died: They were a 27-year-old young man who was sitting behind the steering wheel and a 36-year-old passenger occupying the front seat. There were two children sitting at the back seat. A 18-year-old girl sustained serious injuries, a 2-year-old child was slightly hurt. The child was riding inside a child seat. This fact was a life-saver for him.

The situations like this are another proof that a child car seat is protecting young passengers during motor vehicle accidents. According to the Traffic Police statistics the use of restraining child seats can reduce the chances of young passengers getting hurt by 80%. Parents and drivers should give thought to the issue whether they pay adequate attention to the issue of safety standard of little passengers when they are transported in cars. The solution is obvious: if there is a child inside the car the child should be fastened by a special restraining means.

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