Child car seat

Child Car Seat Checking Day- Wednesday, 7 May 2025

During National Road Safety Week, Council is providing a FREE child car seat safety check at Leichhardt marketplace roof top car park (access from Lords Rd) on Wednesday 7 May, 10am -1pm. Bookings are essential. This service is for residents of Inner West Council. A correctly fitted car seat can reduce the risk of injury in a crash by up to 70%.

Be quick and book your spot here.

FREE child car seat checks

Inner West Council in partnership with Transport for NSW (TfNSW) provides FREE child seat checks or installations by RMS authorised restraint fitters to ensure that our youngest residents are secured in the correct child car seat for their age and size.

Council provides FREE vouchers to be used on a designated day. This is a mobile service to your home, provided bi-monthly and voucher numbers are limited and subject to funding being continued by TfNSW.

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Funding is limited, so if you cannot book a spot, find an authorised restraint fitter and keep your child safe for a small cost.

Vouchers will cover the cost of the check or installation. Any parts or accessories will be at your expense.

Applications are restricted to Inner West Council residents only. Booking terms and conditions apply.

If you do not live in the Inner West Council area, or are unavailable on the designated days, find your nearest authorised restraint fitting station at the NSW Centre for Roady Safety website. 

Australian law requires children travelling in cars to be secured in approved restraints, which means children:

• younger than 6 months must be secured in a rear-facing restraint
• 6 months to 4 years must be secured in a rear or forward-facing restraint
• 4 to 7 years must be secured in a forward-facing restraint or booster seat
• younger than 4 years must travel in the back seat of a vehicle with 2 or more rows.

For current information on child restraints refer to the NSW Centre for Road Safety website.