TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Child Passenger Safety Week is recognized each year in September to bring awareness to how parents and caregivers can keep children safe in vehicles.

Child Passenger Safety Week runs Sept. 21-27.

Laura Dunn, the senior highway safety specialist at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, says it’s important to use the right seat for a child’s age and size, installing it correcting and using that seat every trip.

“Car seats and booster seats are the best tools that we have to keep kids safe in a crash,” Dunn said. “And when installed correctly, they’re enormously effective and can reduce the risk of fatal injury in a crash by 71% for infants and 54% for toddlers.”

Dunn highlighted common errors in car seat use and what to look for:

The harness should be

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