Abstract
If children in cars were adequately restrained many deaths and injuries would be prevented. Currently in New Zealand only 17% of children 0–8 years are appropriately restrained. Questionnaires about child car restraints were completed by 3,288 mothers who had a child 0 to 8 years of age. Eighty-six per cent of the mothers drove at least twice a week while the child was with them. Overall, 52% claimed to always or usually use some form of approved child car restraint. The numbers varied with the age of the child. The reasons parents gave for not using a child car restraint could be place in 2 groups — those which could be changed through altering public attitudes (58%), and those which suggest a need for co-operation between government, car manufacturers and car seat manufacturers (42%). A significant association (P<0.001) was found between people who claimed to use restraints and those who favoured the compulsory use of restraints.
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