‘Killer’ child car seats still on sale decade on after warnings

Deadly children’s car seats, concerns for the first time by trade standards officers and a well -known consumer group are available ten years after being sold in online markets.

Which? In 2014, the use of fabric seats is potentially dangerous for children due to safety defects and the use of products in the UK after the test standards, which called the products “killers”, was illegal.

Which? Parents said that they both took security very seriously, and he calls out that they are still sold through online sites, including Shein and Ebay, to be attractive to buy cheap seats.

The regulations say that only EU approved children’s automobile seats with R44 or R129 in the UK can be used.

Approved seats carry an open orange label in which the codes are printed to indicate that they are placed through EU Security Test and therefore can be sold legally in the UK market.

In 2014, Surrey Trade Standards tested a fabric seat that was divided into pieces in a 30 -mile / hour accident. The collision test puppet of a three -year -old child jumped out of the windshield when the straps stabbing the seat failed.

Which? Families struggling with living costs may be attractive by cheaper products that are lower than £ 12.50 compared to more than 80 £ retail sales.

Stuart Howarth, a car seat security advisor at Good Egg Safety, which is campaigns for child safety, said that he saw a child who has no way to “no support to the body” and “no way to secure him.

“This is just a deadly piece of material,” he said.

“You can only sit on a settlement pillow and hope for the best.”

Which? Ebay said he found more than a dozen illegal car seat list on websites such as Little Dreams, Manomano, Shein and Wish.

A list for a child on Ebay for the car seat warned against use in cars, although the product is defined as appropriate.

The explanation on the list read: “It is best not to use it in high -speed cars.

“We recommend that it be used for non -motorized products such as electric vehicles and two -wheeled vehicles … Because it is not a child’s safety seat suitable for traffic.”

On the other hand, Ebay said that consumer security is the “most important priority”.

“Ebay quickly removed the reported lists. And BBC and informed buyers.” He said.

He continued: “We updated our current measures accordingly and we were determined to prevent insecure products from appearing on the site.”

Which? In order to prevent the sale of non -secure products, “more strict rules were needed to implement an open and solid task to online markets” and called for “strong penalties and meticulous practice”.

Sue Davies, which? “These deadly car seats have been re -emerging in online markets for more than a decade.

Authorized, online retailers, until they have to comply with product safety regulations, children’s life will be “at risk”, he said.

Which? He advised families to call retailers who could provide guidance and help to follow the seat.

He claimed that the car seats should not be purchased from second -hand, as he might have been involved in an accident and the damage to the seat could be uncertain.

Janis James, General Manager of Good Egg Safety, urged parents not to receive cash “missing” while buying a car seat for children.

In a statement, Shein said he committed to “offering safe and reliable products to his customers”.

Which of the online retail giant said? Listed on the website and “incorrectly label” by a third -party seller, and Shein “action against the seller” after removing it from the platform.

He said that sellers should comply with the rules of the company and the strict safety standards and at the same time comply with the relevant laws and regulations of the markets we operate “.

Little Dreams also said that BBC product safety is “the biggest priority”.

Manomano said the online market is used by third -party sellers to sell their own products.

“We rely on our sellers to provide a solution to any product/fulfillment problems.”