Chicago Car Accident Attorney Blog

According to Northbrook based Allstate Insurance, it is much easier to get into a car accident in Chicago thant most other US cities.

In it's report, Chicago ranked 167th out of 200 US cities in safety, placing a bit better than its rank of 170 in 2009. Allstate determined that the average Chicago driver will be involoved in a a car accident every 7.6 years.

Chicago, scoring better than Dallas and Los Angeles, ranked worse than big cities like Houston, New York and Atlanta.

Washington DC ranked the worst out of all US There, a driver is will have a car crash, on average 5.1 years. The best on the list was Fort Collins, Colo., where the average years between accidents was 14.5.

Some companies who make car booster seats are doing a better job fitting children with their seat belts when using the booster seat.

Twenty-one of 72 companies received top grades by The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety for properly fitting and restraining children in their booster seats.

Only nine of 60 seats reviewed last year got that rating.

They only looked at the fitting of seat belts and proper restraints on children who use their seats. No crash tests were involved.

Booster seats are used by children who are too big to fit into car seats. The booster seats prop up the children in the car. The Insurance Institute of Highway safety recommends using booster seats until a child is 8 years old or 4'9" tall.

The belt is supposed to cross over the middle of the shoulder, but some seats have the belt too close to the neck.

The companies who did not receive a recommendation were: Eddie Bauer Deluxe, Eddie Bauer Deluxe 3-in-1, Evenflo Express, Evenflo Generations 65, Evenflo Sightseer, Harmony Baby Armor, Safety 1st All-in-One, and Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite.

Booster seats reduce the risk injury of during a car crash.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the companies listed below the highest ratings:

Britax Frontier 85 (combination highback)
Chicco Keyfit Strada (dual highback)
Clek Oobr (dual highback)
Cosco Juvenile Pronto (dual highback)
Cybex Solution X-Fix (highback)
Eddie Bauer Auto Booster (dual highback)
Evenflo Big Kid Amp (backless)
Evenflo Maestro (combination highback)
Graco TurboBooster Crawford (dual highback)
Harmony Baby Armor (dual highback)
Harmony Dreamtime (dual backless)
Harmony Dreamtime (dual highback)
Harmony Secure Comfort Deluxe (backless)
Harmony Youth Booster Seat (backless)
Maxi-Cosi Rodi XR (dual highback)
Recaro ProBOOSTER (highback)
Recaro ProSPORT (combination highback)
Recaro Vivo (highback)
Recaro Young Sport (combination highback)
Safety 1st Boost Air Protect (dual highback)
The First Years Pathway B570 (highback)
These models were rated "Good Bets":

Britax Parkway SG (dual highback)
Combi Kobuk Air Thru (dual backless)
Combi Kobuk Air Thru (dual highback)
Evenflo Symphony 65 (3-in-1 highback)
Graco TurboBooster Sachi (dual highback)
Graco TurboBooster Wander (dual highback)
Maxi-Cosi Rodi (dual highback)