News : Check It, Don't Chance It!

Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety are encouraging Mums, Dads, Grannies and Grandpa’s to allow Nursery Worlde staff to carry out free checks on in-car child restraints to ensure they are correctly fitted. The event's will take place at:

August

7^th August ASDA Blackburn
29^th August Nursery World, Cleveleys
30^th August Farmer Parrs, Fleetwood

September
5^th September Ormskirk Fire Station
25^th September Deepdale Retail Park

October

30^th October Tesco, Blackpool

November

3rd November, Poulton Children's Centre, Clarke Street, Morecambe, LA4 5HR - AM event
3rd November, Lune Park Children's Centre, Ryelands Park, Lancaster, LA1 2LN - PM event
6th November, Deepdale Retail Park, Preston
15th November, Somerfield Supermarket, Longridge, Preston
17th November, Mount Pleasant Children's Centre, Earl Street, Clayton le Moors, Accrington, BB5 5NH
21st November, Sainsbury's Supermarket, Burnley

The aim of the “Check It, Don’t Chance It” events is to make sure parents are aware of their responsibilities, as well as the legal requirements of having the right restraints. It is compulsory for all children under the age of 12 or under 1.35m to use an appropriate car seat.

Through its “Check It, Don’t Chance It” campaign, the Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety has regularly found that two-thirds of child car restraints in use are not properly fitted or regularly checked. The risk of fatality or injury in the event of an accident rises by 71% and 69% if the appropriate restraints are not used.

Saf Munshi, Senior Communications Officer for Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety explains, “There are well over 100 different models of seats and they do not all fit every type of car or seat belt arrangement. Instructions are often ‘puzzling’ to follow and trying to fit the seats in a limited space doesn’t help. We are offering good practical advice to ensure that each seat is safely fitted for every journey giving confidence that you have done everything possible to save your child’s life in the event of crash.”

A free sunscreen will be given to everyone who takes part.

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