Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are restrained in the rear rather than the front seat. We recommend that child restraints be secured in a rear seat, including an infant riding in a rear-facing infant seat, a child riding in a forward-facing child seat and an older child riding in a booster seat.

Never put a rear-facing child restraint in the right front passenger seat. Here is why:

Caution: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger's airbag inflates. This is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close to the inflating airbag. Always secure a rear-facing child restraint in a rear seat.

If you need to secure more than one child restraint in the rear seat, review the following illustrations. Depending on where you place the child restraint, you may not be able to access certain safety belt assemblies or LATCH anchors for additional passengers or child restraints.

1. Child restraint using LATCH

2. Child restraint or occupant using safety belt

1. Occupant prohibited

2. Child restraint using LATCH

1. Child restraint using LATCH

2. Child restraint or occupant using safety belt

3. Child restraint using safety belt or LATCH or occupant using safety belt

1. Child restraint or occupant using safety belt

1. Child restraint or occupant using safety belt

2. Child restraint using LATCH

Wherever you install a child restraint, be sure to secure the child restraint properly.

Keep in mind that an unsecured child restraint can move around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure any child restraint in your vehicle -- even when no child is in it.