Pro Consumer Safety provides Child Passenger Safety Technicians and Instructors, as well as other professionals with educational resources to help improve safety recommendations for parents and caregivers when considering transporting children in recreational vehicles (RV's). Because of the excessive weight of RVs, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 seat belt requirements are not required to apply for rear seating, and RVs are not required to be crash tested. In addition to a child being properly restrained in a correctly installed child restraint system, during a collision, wooden cabinets and bench seats can break apart from the force of the crash. Appliances, equipment, and storage materials can also become projectiles during a collision and injure passengers.
Questions: RV@proconsumersafety.com or call 323-491-6197
The following is an overview of the resources to provide to parents and caregivers.
Questions: RV@proconsumersafety.com or call 323-491-6197
The following is an overview of the resources to provide to parents and caregivers.
- Fact Sheet: Technicians and instructors are encouraged to first review the Fact Sheet below, which describes the classes of RVs, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety standards, injury risks among rear passengers, RV seat belt concerns for child occupants, and existing crash test results, and guidelines for parents to consider when traveling in an RV with child occupants.
- Crash Videos: The videos below provide additional background and support to the Fact Sheet.
- Educational Materials for Parents: Educational materials and resources are also available below for download to provide to parents and caregivers. These include child passengers and RVs and childproofing the RV. Parents can also be directed to the website Recreational Vehicles and Child Passengers.
- Technician CEUs: See below for the October 2023 CEU webinar. To obtain your 1.0 CEU, go to the Child Passenger Safety Learning Portal (carseateducation.org) to watch the video and take the quiz.
CPST CEU Webinar, October 2023 - Recreational Vehicles and Child Occupants: Guidelines for CPSTs/CPSTis to Provide to Parents
For CPSTs and CPSTi, in order to obtain your CEUs, visit the Child Passenger Safety Learning Portal (carseateducation.org) to watch the video and take the quiz.
Resources to Provide to Parents & CaregiversEducational Materials for Parents
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Fact SheetFor Professionals
Suggested Citation (APA):
Pro Consumer Safety. (2023). Recreational Vehicles (RV’s) and Child Occupants [Fact sheet]. Retrieved from http://www.procarseatsafety.com/rv-resources-cpsts.html |
Crash Test & Crash Video's
RV Crash Tests (Europe)
Bailey motor homes have utilized these crash tests to improve designs of their motor homes to ensure safety of their passengers. This resource illustrates post-test redesign.
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RV Crashes
1.0 CEU Class for CPSTs
Visit the Child Passenger Safety Learning Portal and search, "Recreational Vehicles and Child Occupant Guidelines for CPSTs", to obtain the 1.0 continuing education unit class,
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