The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) is a voluntary organisation and charity, established by paediatricians in the UK in 1981, to investigate the causes and prevention of accidents to children in the UK. It has well-qualified staff members and consultants, and receives core funding from the Department of Health. It combines an appreciation of developing children with an understanding of the value of research. When a project is funded, a voluntary working group is established to give advice and support. An essential part of CAPT's work is research and the dissemination and promotion of research results to those who are most likely to be able to act on them. Publications include technical reports, for example on in-car safety and low-cost cycle helmets. There is an exceptional research library, and a quarterly newsletter. Current research includes studies of the economic costs of accidents to health and local authorities, the social costs to families and society as a whole, and the emotional effects of injuries on children and their families. CAPT's in-car safety programme First Ride, Safe included promotion by midwives and health visitors of the use of rear-facing infant restraints. Every Ride a Safe is aimed at those who can advise on in-car safety.