Each year, injuries kill or disable more children over one year old than all childhood diseases combined. Since 1987, the unintentional injury rate among children 14 and under has declined 43 percent, largely due to greater use of smoke alarms, car seats and bicycle helmets as well as improved EMS and trauma care.

Texas Children’s Center for Childhood Injury Prevention is committed to teaching parents and children how to protect themselves from injuries and accidents. Since most accidents are preventable, we believe our efforts
can help to reduce injuries and deaths due to accidents.

Injury prevention Injury prevention main page Car seat check-ups Tips on keeping children safe (fact sheets) Give kids a boost Car seat safety facts Keeping your grandchildren safe Fireworks safety Community Education Community education main page Alex the astronaut

To find out more about what we do, choose a link below.

• Car seat check-ups – Here you'll find a list of scheduled car seat check-up events and SAFE KIDS inspection stations, where car seats are checked by appointment.

• Car seat safety facts

• Give kids a boost – instead of graduating your child from a car seat to a seatbelt alone, use a booster seat!

• Keeping your grandchildren safe

• Community education – Visit this area of our site to find out more about our Speakers Bureau, Safe Sitter classes, fireworks safety, the Alex the Astronaut Gets a Boost! booster seat education program and more.

• Safety education sheets – tips about keeping children safe.

Helpful links

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission – for recall/equipment information

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – for child passenger information, installation tips and car seat recalls

• Texas Department of Health

• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

• SAFE KIDS Worldwide

Contact Texas Children's Center for Childhood Injury Prevention
For more information about injury prevention programs, call 832-828-1303.