Is 3rd Row Seating Safe?

dayyy

New member
We are unexpectedly expecting child #3. I got my Toyota Highlander thinking that the 3rd row seating was just going to be used occasionally for carpooling or having a friend over. I'm sorry if this is common knowledge, but is it even safe to have my almost 6 year old riding back there all the time once the baby is born? It seems like anyone sitting in the 3rd row is very vulnerable in a rear end crash. She's in a TurboBooster, the toddler is in a RF True Fit Premier, and I have a Graco SnugRide for #3. I can't see how they would all fit together in the 2nd row. Is it better to get suggestions for a whole new series of car seats so everyone can be squeezed safely into the 2nd row?
 
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LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician
A child in the center of the third row may be safer than a child outboard in the second row. For that matter, a kid in any position in the third row may be safer than any kid in the second row.

Rear-end collisions tend to be very low speed and are rarely fatal. Frontal collisions are the most common, and side collisions are the most deadly.

Being in the third row puts you farther from the point of impact in a frontal collision, and being in the center of the third row puts you farther than the outboard position in a side impact.

This is a good article on the matter: http://carseatblog.com/91/the-third-row-is-it-safe-for-kids/
 

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