A new study out of Nova Scotia found that eight in 10 car or booster seats for children are improperly used — and the authors say that shows an urgent need to increase education for families.

The results are from a study of 1,005 child passengers in 33 communities across the province from May to November of last year.

“About a third of vehicles were not using them at all … let alone whether it was used properly,” said Tanner Van Every, a master’s student at Dalhousie University who worked on the study.

The research was conducted by the university in collaboration with Child Safety Link, a children’s injury prevention program of IWK Health.

Among the most common errors were harnesses that were too loose and car seats that weren’t securely attached to the vehicle.

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