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Help us celebrate and promote Child Passenger Safety throughout the month of September! September 15-21 is Child Passenger Safety Week—an initiative of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to encourage parents and caregivers to make sure that they are properly using their child safety seats. The week culminates on Seat Check Saturday, when trained professionals across the nation will be available to inspect families’ cars and make sure car seats are correctly and safely installed.

To highlight this service and to help draw attention to the importance of this issue, we’re counting down on social media. Starting on September 1st, we’ll be unveiling a new graphic with a little known stat or safety recommendation every day until Seat Check Saturday. But to make a big impact, we need your help. Like us, share us, or post the graphic straight to your pages—together we can make a difference.

How to get involved:

  1. Like, comment or share the daily images as they’re posted to NHTSA’s pages. To get started, follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Check back on Monday, September 1st to see the first graphic.
  2. Download the images and share directly to your social pages. You can view and download all of the graphics from our Dropbox file here. We’ve indicated what day each post will go live, so feel free to get a head start. Twenty-one images not enough? You can share even more! In the folder here, we’ve created a couple of additional images. Share them throughout September or when you’re able.
  3. Get creative. Want to go beyond Facebook and Twitter? Great! The wider we can cast our net, the more parents we can reach. Feel free to post on Flickr, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram and any other appropriate platform.

Thanks for helping us bring awareness and attention to Child Passenger Safety Week!

Best,

Image Copy: Sept. 1-21

Sept. 1: Look for certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians in your community participating in Child Passenger Safety Week. They will be providing free, hands-on car seat education and inspections from September 15-21.

Sept. 2.:In 2011, an estimated 123,000 children under age 13 riding as passengers of cars, SUVs, pickups and vans were injured in traffic crashes.

Sept. 3: Car seats, booster seats and seat belts save lives and offer the best protection for children in crashes.

Sept. 4: Car crashes are a leading cause of death for children 1 to 13 years old.

Sept. 5: More than 3,660 children were killed in car crashes during a 5-year period (2007-2011).

Sept. 6: From 2007-2011, an estimated 634,000 children were injured. That’s more than the population of Boston, Massachusetts.

Sept. 7: BOTTLE

Sept. 8: In 2011, over one third of children killed in car crashes were not in car seats or wearing seat belts.

Sept. 9: Car seats reduce the risk of fatal injury in cars by 71 percent for infants and 54 percent for toddlers. In SUVs, pickups and vans, they reduce the risk by 58 percent for infants and 59 percent for toddlers.

Sept. 10: In 2011, an estimated 314 lives were saved by car restraints among children 4 and younger.

Sept. 11: All 50 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have laws requiring children to be restrained while riding in cars.Some States nowrequire kids to ride in appropriate car seats or booster seats until age 9.

Sept. 12: NHTSA recommendation: Keep children rear-facing as long as possible up to the top height or weight allowed by their particular car seats.

Sept. 13: The safest place for kids under 13 is in the back seat of the car.

Sept. 14: STACKING RINGS

Sept. 15: Of the many questions you ask yourself every day, “Is my child as safe as possible in the car?” should be at the top of your list.

Sept. 16: Want to know one of the best ways to protect your children? Place them in the right car seats for their ages and size, install them correctly, and ensure that the seats fit in your vehicle.

Sept. 17: SUVs are involved in a larger number of crash-related deaths for children than any other vehicle. Worse yet, roughly two-thirds of all children who died while riding in SUVs weren’t buckled in at the time of their deaths.

Sept. 18: To locate a Certified Child Passenger Safety technician in your area, go to safercar.gov/therightseat or download the free SaferCar app from the iTunes App Store.

Sept. 19: SNEAKER

Sept. 20: A goal of National Seat Check Saturday is to teach parents how to correctly install and use car seats, and ensure children are in the right seats for their ages and sizes.

Sept. 21: National Seat Check Saturday is September 21st