Football's Ferguson backs child seat safety campaign

Published on Sunday 21 June 2009 23:14

MANCHESTER United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is giving his support to a child car-seat safety campaign.

Sir Alex's ten-year-old grandson Charlie was badly injured in a car crash last month.

Sir Alex said: "I urge all parents and children to pay attention to using and fixing their seat belts properly. This can save your life."

Supported by the Britax and Mothercare companies, the AA campaign is part of Child Safety Week, which starts today.

The campaign aims to raise parents' awareness of the importance of having the right car seat securely fitted, and the right seat for a child's age and height.

The AA said this was all the more important as research showed more people will holiday in the UK this summer.

It added that with two-thirds of child seats in the UK not fitted securely, the holidays "could be an accident waiting to happen".

AA president Edmund King said: "It is imperative for all children to be properly belted up in the back. An AA/Populus poll of 16,500 respondents showed that 83 per cent are not aware of legislation requiring children to use the appropriate restraint or child seat."