I was rearended today while stopped by a car going less than 10 miles per hour. There is no damage to either vehicle. No airbags delpoyed in either vehicle. I had my sons radian installed with latch in the center. In a 2005 impala. I had my car looked at by a bodyshop to make sure there was no damage underneath and he said everything looked fine. My son was not in the vehicle by the way.
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Here's what NHTSA recommends for minor crashes.
NHTSA Position
NHTSA recommends that child safety seats be replaced following a moderate or severe crash in order to ensure a continued high level of crash protection for child passengers.
NHTSA recommends that child safety seats do not automatically need to be replaced following a minor crash.
Minor crashes are those that meet ALL of the following criteria:
The vehicle was able to be driven away from the crash site;
The vehicle door nearest the safety seat was undamaged;
There were no injuries to any of the vehicle occupants;
The air bags (if present) did not deploy; AND
There is no visible damage to the safety seat
Clarifying the need for child seat replacement will reduce the number of children unnecessarily riding without a child safety seat while a replacement seat is being acquired, and the number of children who will have to ride without a child seat if a seat were discarded and not replaced. The clarification will also reduce the financial burden of unnecessary replacement.