Our analysis indicates there is a need for education campaigns designed to increase child seat and seatbelt use in Queensland.
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Seatbelt and car restraint use in children 2004–23 (pdf, 1.29 MB)
Queensland’s Child Death Register shows 123 children have died in road crashes over the last 20 years. We analysed this data as part of our child death prevention work and found concerning trends arounds the use of child seats and seatbelts in Queensland.
Our analysis indicates there is a need for education campaigns designed to increase child seat and seatbelt use in Queensland, including improving access to affordable child restraints and better education within remote parts of Queensland and in First Nations communities.
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