Child car seats

Parents and staff transporting a child between 4 and 7 years of age in their own private vehicle must be restrained in an approved child car or booster seat that is properly fitted to the vehicle and adjusted to fit the child’s body correctly.

Refer to Transport for NSW's child car seats advice and regulations about the correct child car seat for a child's age and size.

Key road safety messages for passenger safety

• Click clack front and back
• Always buckle up safely
• Get in and out of the car on the footpath side.

Referenced from TfNSW Key road safety messages

Safe car travel advice

• Safe car travel to and from school (Department's safe travel parent and carer hub)

Primary schools can support parents and carers by sharing this page from the Department’s safe travel hub. It highlights key messages to help keep children safe when travelling in the car, including choosing the right car seat for a child’s age and height and following safe driving and parking practices near the school.

Schools can use this information to reinforce safe driving behaviours and encourage families to follow parking rules around school zones to support predictable, low‑risk movement during busy pick‑up and drop‑off times.

• About child restraints in motor vehicles, (staff only - scroll down) Legal Services
• Excursions and road safety Department's advice road safetty considerations when on an excursion.

Transport for NSW

• Keeping Children Safe in the Road Environment fact sheets
  • Keep your child safe in and out of vehicles (PDF, 340 KB)
  • Keeping your child safe when driving to and from school (PDF, 878.15 KB)
  • Driving and parking safely near schools (PDF, 913.42 KB)
  • Translations are available
  • (print versions available through their online catalogue)

• Safety Town - families information about child car seats laws, in and out of the car safely