An observational survey of child car safety practices in private pre-primary and primary schools in two local government areas of Lagos State, Nigeria

Abstract

The level of child restraint use observed in this study is unacceptably low. The relatively low prevalence of front seating while riding in cars should however be further reduced. The study recommends the enactment of specific country legislation on the use of child restraints, accompanied by multifaceted intervention programmes to improve the availability and use of child car safety seats and booster seats.