Britax Two-Way saves a life!
Collisions are terrible and scary but does occur more often than we like. The whole point with using a Swedish rear facing car seat is to keep our children safe in case of an accident. Hearing of unharmed kids in severe collisions is always a relief. Phoebe uses a Britax Two-Way for her son and was hit at high speed. She was kind to include details of her crash and photos of the car which was totally destroyed. Only person not injured in the crash was her son in his Britax Two-Way:
Hi Håkan
I was in a terrible crash on Wednesday. DS was in his TWE so I thought you might be curious of the story and pictures.
The next time you speak with your reps at Swedish Britax please give them my HUGE thanks for keeping my son so safe. Out of the three of us who were in the car he was the only one without any injuries. I owe it all to his Two-Way!
As soon as I get my insurance money I'll be ordering another TWE from you.
Phoebe
The collision was severe, here is a more detailed description:
My mom, DS and I were in a crash today. The car looks horrible, I can only assume it's totaled but everyone is mostly ok, so far, I think… My mom is currently at the hospital awaiting a cat scan to make sure that her broken ribs haven't caused any liver damage. I am going to go in tomorrow to confirm broken ribs too.
We were driving north on the freeway when a Toyota Sequoia was just stopped in the middle of the freeway. My mother was driving and she was definitely a very safe following distance behind the car. She slammed on the breaks and we were easily stopped and didn't hit the car but all of a sudden the car behind us slammed into us thus causing us to slam into the Sequoia.
DS was in his TWE, RF (rear facing). It did magnificently in the crash. The tethers are a bit frayed and so is the cover in a couple of spots. I haven't checked over the shell. Obviously not going to continue to use it. DS has never sat FF but I had to install him FF in the tow truck to go 1 mile to get to a rest stop to wait to get picked up. (Our other choice was to wait by the side of the freeway which was DEFINITELY more dangerous than using a crashed seat for a 1 mile ride in a huge tow truck.)
DS was SO funny sitting FF (forward facing), I don't think he liked it. The first thing he said was "but I can't see you!" After his father came to get us he told him "and I sat this way in the tow truck." When he said "this way" he held his arms out. So cute how he described it. Oh another funny he asked the state trooper if Mater was going to come and get us.
Thanks to Phoebe for sharing photos and the story of her crash. We wish her and her mom a speedy recovery!
So glad to hear of the stories where children survive thanks to “good” child seats.
I have worked for Britax in the UK for 16 years where i “crash test” approx 5 seats a day, so i know the important of a good seat & makes my job worth while after reading these.
Lyndon: Thanks to people like you todays rear facing safety is amazing. As more and more parents learn about the huge RF benefits it will become more common outside Sweden. Keep up the good work!
/Håkan
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