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These resources provide the key information on safely buckling kids up from birth through elementary school.
YES TEST SERIES
These easy-to-use resources help you check that you’re using your seat(s) correctly. Choose and work through the YES Test for each type of car seat(s) your child or children are using.
Rear-facing YES Test
Rear-facing Colour (pdf)
YES Test Supplement for Preterm or Low Birth Weight Babies and Rear-facing Car Seats
Low birth weight suppl (pdf)
Forward-facing YES Test
Forward-facing Colour (pdf)
Booster Seat YES Test
Booster Colour (pdf)
BOOSTER SEATS
Kids Need a Boost
Booster Seat Legislation Chart (pdf)
AORP CHILD SAFETY SEAT INFORMATION SHEETS
This series gives parents and caregivers additional information on buying and using child car seats and booster seats correctly.
Tips for Buying a Child Car Seat or Booster Seat
Keeping Your Child Content in a Car Seat
The Tether Strap and Universal Anchorage System (UAS)
SEAT BELTS INFORMATION FOR BIGGER KIDS AND YOUTH
Seat Belts Quick Facts (pdf)
Seat Belts on School Buses (pdf)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Alberta Transportation Child Car Seats Brochure (pdf)
Car Seats in Motor Homes (pdf)
Transport Canada – Child Restraint Recalls and Notices
Transport Canada – Keep Kids Safe
Alberta Child Car Seats Training Modules
The following resources can be used to teach about the Engineered Life Space designed into vehicles and the importance of buckling for every trip.
Engineered Life Space & Seat Belts (pdf)
A PowerPoint presentation developed by AORP in 2006.
AORP Instructor’s Manual (June 2006) (pdf)
A guide for presenters. Module 1 of this Manual gives teaching tips for a “Engineered Life Space & Seat Belts” presentation.
Drive to Survive
An educational video providing information on; types of collisions, collision dynamics, what is the engineered life space, how does it work during a collision, consequences of collisions. (video may take several minutes to load).
ENFORCEMENT
Enforcement Presentation (pdf)
Enforcement Presentation Handouts (pdf)
Three slides per page with space for notes.
SEAT BELT USE RATES
Seat Belt Use Rates (pdf) – April 2011
TRANSPORT CANADA SEAT BELT USE IN CANADA
Results of Transport Canada’s Rural and Urban Surveys of Seat Belt Use in Canada 2009-2010 (pdf)
(January 2011)
Results of Transport Canada’s September 2009 Survey of Seat Belt Use in Rural Areas of the Country (pdf)
(April 2010)
Results of Transport Canada’s Rural and Urban Surveys of Seat Belt Use in Canada 2006-2007
(January 2008)
Results of Transport Canada’s September 2006 Survey of Seat Belt Use in Rural Areas of the Country
(April 2007)
Transport Canada’s Surveys of Seat Belt Use in Canada, 2004-2005
(February 2006)
Results of Transport Canada’s September 2004 Survey of Seat Belt Use in Rural Areas of the Country
(May 2005)
Results of Transport Canada’s Surveys of Seat Belt Use in Canada 2002-2003
(September 2004)
Traffic Safety Act, Vehicle Equipment Regulation, Alberta Regulation 122/2009: Sec. 80 & 82(1)(a)(b)(c)
(see Part 5)
The Alberta legislation that deals with seatbelts.
Updated Safety Regulations for Child Safety Seats Sold in Canada (pdf)
Alberta Child Car Seat Training Modules
The training modules provide information on the correct use of child car seats, booster seats and seat belts for children to help ensure government workers, caregivers and parents have the materials from which to make informed decisions to ensure compliance with the law and to incorporate best practices into the safe transportation of children in their care.
The following resources can be used to teach Option 4 sessions for drivers ticketed for incorrect restraint of a passenger under 16 years of age. The same resources can be used to teach other groups about buckling children up safely from birth through elementary school.
Option 4 Session Set Up (pdf)
Protecting Children from Birth to Ten (pdf).
A PowerPoint presentation developed by AORP in 2006.
AORP Instructor’s Manual (pdf)
(June 2006)
A guide for presenters. Module 2 of this Manual gives teaching tips for a “Protecting Children from Birth to Ten” presentation.
Option 4 Program Update (pdf)
(March 2011)
Roadside Safety Check Guidelines – Child Occupant Restraints (pdf)
Roadside Safety Checks – Alberta Child Restraint Laws Reference Card (pdf)
Sample Recommendation for Withdrawal (pdf)
PARTNERS
Injury Prevention Centre
Alberta Health & Wellness
Alberta Health Services
Alberta Transportation
Alberta Solicitor General: Sheriffs
Calgary Police Service
Edmonton Police Service
Insurance Bureau of Canada
Municipal Police Services
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
St. John Ambulance
SPONSORS
Alberta Health and Wellness
Alberta Transportation
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Injury Prevention Centre
Transport Canada
Governed by the Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Act, Transport Canada’s Road Safety Directorate works to set national safety standards for the design and construction of safe vehicles and safe roads, as well as promote safe drivers and passengers. Topics of interest:
Alberta Traffic Safety Fund
(ATSF)
ATSF grants are available to Alberta communities for traffic safety initiatives.
Parachute Canada
Parachute Canada’s (formerly Safe Kids Canada) mission is to lead and inspire a culture of safety across the country in order to reduce unintentional injuries, the leading cause of death among children and youth in Canada.
Safe Roads
The website of the Alberta Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). OTS provides an umbrella to coordinate and deliver programs that address traffic safety issues across Alberta.