Child Safety Centre
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The TRL Child Safety Centre is the UK’s only independent child car seat testing laboratory. Its primary goal is to reduce the risk of fatalities and serious injuries to children travelling in vehicles. This is achieved through extensive research, the application of scientific principles and world class testing.
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TRL has been an authoritative source of independen...
TRL has been an authoritative source of independent and impartial expertise on the safety of children in vehicles for more than 40 years. We provide child seat manufacturers, retailers, road safety professionals and the automotive industry with a comprehensive service covering all aspects relating to the safety of children travelling in vehicles.
Our child seat safety activities include:
- Delivering Type Approvals for manufacturers worldwide to the European UN Regulation 44 and the new Regulation 129. TRL has been a key voice/contributor to the development of these standards, which forms the basis of standards recently adopted in China, Brazil and Japan with others likely to follow.
- Conformity of Production testing (CoP) for manufacturers currently selling seats into the European market, with detailed reporting, analysis and data included. Quick turnaround and support for testing programmes is key.
- Consultancy and bespoke development packages unique to the customers' requirements, whether it's for a globally established/recognised child seat manufacturer down to an inventor looking to explore a concept. This includes offering development testing to the regulation for ISOFIX child restraints and the new Regulation 129.
- Child Seat Rating Scheme TRL's rating scheme tests and assesses child restraint systems to known testing protocols and scores them from 1 to 5 stars.
- Dummy calibration services for the current 'P' series and the next generation 'Q' series dummies to ensure accurate and reliable test data.
- Engineering, design and manufacture of testing equipment for manufacturers own test facilities. From smaller standalone testing equipment to a whole crash testing laboratory. We have strong experience of delivering overseas projects with support and technical experience included.
- Specialist training for retailers and road safety officers. It is important for parents and carers to get expert advice when purchasing their child seat. Working with Good Egg Safety, TRL provides training programmes on how to fit child seats correctly. Click here to find out when the training courses are taking place and to register your interest.
- 'Check-it-fits' usability assessments of child seats provide manufacturers and designers with valuable information and an understanding of how their products are being used by the consumer. These assessments also highlight the common problems parents and carers are experiencing when securing their children in their vehicles. TRL and Good Egg Safety undertake these assessments and TRL collates the results.
- Working with Local Trading Standards Offices and consumer organisations to ensure parents and carers are aware of the need to purchase seats from known and reputable sources.
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