Parents and carers are responsible for their child's safety when travelling to and from school. Schools take over responsibility and duty of care for the student once they enter the school premises.

Child car seats

Parents and staff transporting a child between 4 and 7 years of age in their own private vehicle must be restrained in an approved child car or booster seat that is properly fitted to the vehicle and adjusted to fit the child’s body correctly.

Refer to Transport for NSW's child car seatsExternal link advice and regulations about the correct child car seat for a child's age and size.

Key road safety messages for passenger safety

• Click clack front and back
• Always buckle up safely
• Get in and out of the car on the footpath side.

Referenced from TfNSW Key road safety messages

Safe car travel advice

Primary schools can support their parents and carers with advice about:

• Safe car travel to and from school
• Excursions and road safety

Transport for NSW's advice:

• Keep your child safe in and out of vehicles (PDF, 340 KB)External link
• Keeping your child safe when driving to and from school (PDF, 878.15 KB)External link
• Driving and parking safely near schools (PDF, 913.42 KB)External link
• Translations are available in 15 community languagesExternal link
• (print versions available through their online catalogueExternal link)

Useful links

• Department's legal advice Duty of care and behaviour management About child restraints in motor vehicles, (staff only - scroll down)
• Safety Town - families information about child car seats lawsExternal link, in and out of the car safely
• department’s Excursion Policy Implementation Procedures (section 9 Transport, pp 15-16)