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Child restraints (i.e. child car seats) reduce the risk of young children sustaining severe injuries in a traffic accident. In Singapore, all drivers are required to properly secure a child below the height of 1.35m and travelling in a motor vehicle, with an approved child restraint. Failing to do so is an offence. 

The Traffic Police (TP) periodically reviews Singapore’s child restraint standards to ensure that they are up-to-date and in line with internationally recognised standards and industry developments. Having completed its latest review, TP will be updating the list of approved child restraint standards with the following changes:

1. The European Standard ECE R129 will be added as an approved child restraint standard with immediate effect. This standard has undergone rigorous testing and meets international requirements. 
   
   
2. The British Standards B.S. 3254: Part 2: 1988, B.S. AU 202a: 1988, or B.S. AU 185: 1983, and the Japanese Standard JIS D0401-1990, will cease to be an approved standard from 1 January 2031. These standards have over time and with technological/industry improvements, been superseded by newer standards, such as the ECE R129. While child restraints bearing these standards remain safe to use, drivers who are currently using these child restraints should switch to the newer standards and will have until 31 December 2030 to do so. 

Please refer to the Table below for the updated list of approved child restraint standards in Singapore.

Most child restraints manufactured in the past decade should already be compliant with the updated list of approved child restraint standards. Drivers can check if a child restraint meets the approved standards through several ways – by checking the child restraint for a sticker bearing the standard (see Annex for examples); by checking with retailers; or by reviewing information on the child restraint by its manufacturer. 


[1]: The approved child restraint standards are reflected in the Road Traffic (Approved Seat Belts) Notification 2024.

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