Child Safety Seat Clinic This Weekend In Beaverton

BEAVERTON, OR — The Beaverton Police Department this weekend will offer a free child seat safety clinic at the Kuni Auto Center in Beaverton. The clinic will assist anyone who cares for small children by showing them how to properly secure a safety seat and child into a vehicle.

The clinic, which is being offered in cooperation with the Safe Kids Coalition of Washington County and the Kuni Auto Center, will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at 3725 S.W. Cedar Hills Blvd.

The clinic is drop-in — first-come, first-serve — so no appointments are necessary. Each safety seat check takes about half an hour, and police officials advise arriving early.

According to Beaverton Police, the leading cause of death in the U.S. for children aged 1 to 12 is motor-vehicle crashes. A properly secured safety seat, however, may increase crash survival.

For infants under one-year-old, a safety seat increases chance of survival by 71 percent; for toddlers 1 to 4 years old, a seat increases survival by 59 percent; and for 4 to 8-year-olds, a booster seat could increase survival by 45 percent.

For more information about how to find and properly secure the appropriate safety seat for your child, visit NHTSA.gov.

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