Safety and Injury Prevention

Car Seat Checks

Join us for a free safety check. Child passenger safety experts will check your child in a car seat, booster seat or seat belt and answer any questions you may have. New and expecting parents are welcome.

Come Learn:

  • What type of safety seat or seat belt fits your child best
  • How to properly install your child’s safety seat into your car
  • How to secure your child in the safety seat or seat belt

2020 Dates and Times

  • Cancelled: Saturday, Oct. 17, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Due to COVID-19, all 2020 car seat check events were cancelled. Please check back for 2021 car seat check event dates. 2021 event dates will fall in March, June, August and October.

70th and Sand Point Administrative Building
6901 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115

First come, first served. We do not take reservations. You may have to wait in line up to 90 minutes.

We may need to cut the line off before the end time, based on current wait times and the number of technicians available.

Virtual Offerings

  • Free virtual car seat check appointments offered by King County Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians via video chat platforms. For more information, email Laura Miccile or call 206-477-8664.
  • Free virtual car seat classes are being offered by South County Fire and Safe Kids Snohomish County. Classes take place on:
    • The first and third Thursdays of the month, from 1 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
    • The second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
    • Registration is required.

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