Rear Facing Car Seat In Trucks

[JBOYLES121]

Is The Seat Any Safer In The Front Of A Standard Cab Pickup Or In The Back Seat Of An Extended Cab Truck?

[papooses]

In general the backseat is safest: front seat passengers of all ages are 40% more likely to suffer serious/fatal injury than are back seat passengers children under 12 are much more likely to suffer serious/fatal injury in front of an airbag.... Rear-facing carseats must NEVER be used in front of an airbag!
However, there are often limitations which makes it necessary to use the front seat: Do the seats fold down off the sides towrads the middle? Less than 20% of the carseat base can hang over the vehicle seat edge Infants require a 45 degree recline angle
Some things to consider: What is the year, make, model of the vehicle(s)? Does the vehicle manual say not to use any particular location for installing carseats? Is there an airbag and/or shut-off switch? Is there another passenger that needs to use the front seat, pushed all the way back? What is the age, weight & height of the child(ren)? Which carseats are currently being used -- make, model & date of manufacturer?

[Jeanum]

Assuming the vehicle seats are forward facing (not side facing) in the back of the extended cab pickup and can accomodate a carseat, the back seat in the extended cab would be safer than the front seat in a pickup, or any other vehicle's front seat for that matter. The back seat is the safer spot for any passenger. HTH.

[jen_nah]

Not sure what truck you have but we had a '99 GMC Sierra when we had our first dd. Her Graco Snugride fit perfectly in the center. Our front seats where bucket seats so it gave use a little more room in the center.