The number of dangerous belt linings purchased by Russians has been named

Since the beginning of the year, Russians have purchased 120,000 child restraint surrogates worth 56 million rubles. This was reported to Izvestia on September 12 by analysts at Moneyplace (part of the Kontur business ecosystem).

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The analysis was compiled on the basis of data on sales of child restraint systems on popular marketplaces. From January to August, seat belt linings ("triangles", "headscarves") sold 119,894 pieces, and the amount of revenue reached 55.8 million rubles. Sales of such surrogates decreased by 11.8% compared to the same period last year.

On the contrary, the demand for more efficient child restraints has increased significantly. 206,320 children's seats were purchased (+74.6% by 2024), 99,926 boosters (+95.78%).

"There are potentially 120,000 dead or seriously injured children. Numerous experiments and tests have shown that in the event of an accident, various "headscarves", "pads" or "adapters" not only do not protect the child, but in some cases further injure him. First of all, the internal organs of the abdominal cavity are damaged when the child "dives" under these, if I may say so, "devices". In addition, they are not able to provide protection from a side impact. The fact that sales of these "accessories" have decreased is certainly encouraging. But 120,000 of these "devices" is a very large number," Denis Zagarin, head of the testing center at FSUE NAMI, told Izvestia.

One of the main reasons for the popularity of overlays is their price (an average of 451 rubles, according to Moneyplace). Whereas a child safety seat costs an average of 4328 rubles, and a booster costs 2304 rubles.

Read the details in the exclusive Izvestia article:

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