Replace these crashed seats? How to navigate Canadian insurance?

abckidsmom

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An acquaintance on another forum was in an 80 kph front end vs concrete barrier glancing collision with a concrete barrier. Her seats (a cosco alpha omega and an unknown infant carrier) were installed but unoccupied during the collision.

She was told to contact her local paramedics, who told her that she could "waste her money if she wanted to, but the seats didn't need to be replaced."

I couldn't find the manual online to check this, and I have no clue what to tell her about her insurance.

Anybody got a better clue than me?
 
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bubbaray

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http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/safedrivers-childsafety-more-tips-1090.htm

When to replace a child seat
•Always replace a child seat that was in a car that had a crash. Even if your child wasn’t in the child seat when the crash happened, the child seat could be damaged.


I wrote to my ins. co after a relatively low velocity rear-ender (I was the third car up front, had $1K damage to my van's bumper). My letter quoted from the TC website. I also told them I was a tech and sent them a copy of my certification. I had a cheque in a couple of days. It cost almost as much to replace my seats as it did to fix the van.
 

abckidsmom

New member
http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/safedrivers-childsafety-more-tips-1090.htm

When to replace a child seat
•Always replace a child seat that was in a car that had a crash. Even if your child wasn’t in the child seat when the crash happened, the child seat could be damaged.


I wrote to my ins. co after a relatively low velocity rear-ender (I was the third car up front, had $1K damage to my van's bumper). My letter quoted from the TC website. I also told them I was a tech and sent them a copy of my certification. I had a cheque in a couple of days. It cost almost as much to replace my seats as it did to fix the van.

Thanks, I couldn't find anything with a cursory search.
 

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