The research found:
- It is more meaningful to use height than age and;
- There is little direct research on graduation heights, but what there is suggests that children should be restrained in child car seats until 148cm (around 12 years of age).
Road safety benefit:
The research was beneficial to Government to the extent that it made six recommendations, including –
- That the transition from a booster seat to standard seatbelt be based primarily on the height of the child, rather than age and weight.
- That further education is provided to support parents establishing child readiness to progress from a child restraint system.
- That our crash data record restraint status of all children.
