Car Back

Where is the safest place for a car seat in the back of a car?

Which side of the car would generally be considered the safest to place a child car seat on the back bench seat (passenger side or driver)??
I already have a car seat in the middle.

The statistical differences are actually much slighter than people realize.

The center is the safest. And as such the LEAST protected child should go there. So if you have a shoulder and lap belt there a child in a booster or in nothing would get the middle. If you have a forward facing child and a rear facing child the forward facing child goes in the middle. Rear facing is safest, using the seatbelt only is least safe, and each step down the continuum is one less safe than the one before it.

If you have two rearfacing or two forward facing, then it doesn’t matter too much where they go. Middle and outside, both outside, doesn’t matter. Any statistical differences will be trumped by installation and convenience. Statisically the passenger side is slightly better, especially if you do a lot of parking on the roadway. But if you have two kids right next to one another and they’re always fighing, or if older child is trying to stuff crayons into baby’s mouth and nose constantly, then that distraction has made their locations unsafe.

Just remember, you have to have good solid installations of both seats independently of one another if you have two right next to each other. Meaning you can’t call one in nice and tight because the other one is helping hold it down. They need to be as secure in there together as they would be separately. If you can’t get them in securely then you need to move them around. Installation is more important than position.

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