The Virginia Department of Health, Division of Injury and Violence Prevention has over one hundred community safety seat inspection locations throughout the state. These inspection stations are hosted by local fire departments, police and sheriff's departments, hospitals, and other community organizations that have nationally certified personnel to inspect and/or install child safety seats. This page is designed for the coordinators of those stations to communicate with each other, post events, receive news and announcements that pertain to them. If you are a parent or caregiver, please click here for information that would be helpful to you.
Join the Virginia Child Safety Seat Inspection Coordinators Group to stay informed of news, events, new resources, and the latest in child safety seat research, and to communicate with other inspection coordinators. Coordinators will be able to post photos and success stories on this group page. Email Tobey Allen at tobey.allen@vdh.virginia.gov to learn more about joining this group that is for Virginia Inspection Coordinators only.
Click here for the calendar of child passenger safety events. If you would like to add an event to this calendar, please send an email to tobey.allen@vdh.virginia.gov with the following information: name of event, sponsor(s), location, date, start and end time, and special instructions pertaining to the event.
Click here to view the current list of Permanent Fit Stations in Virginia. If you are a Fit Station and see an error in your listing, please contact Tobey Allen at tobey.allen@vdh.virginia.gov.
Through education, training, enforcement, and community outreach, Virginia Department of Health seeks to ensure that all children ages 0-16 are properly restrained in an appropriate restraint system for their age and size every time they travel in a motor vehicle. While great progress has been achieved in recent years in preventing child occupant deaths and injuries, and increasing the correct use of child safety seats, booster seats and safety belts motor vehicle crashes are still the leading cause of death among children. National Seat Check Saturday will be held on Saturday, September 12th. Please make a note of the new dates!
Tobey Anne Allen
Community Safety Seat Inspections Coordinator
Phone: 804-864-7747
Fax: 804-864-7748
Email: tobey.allen@vdh.virginia.gov
Contact Us:
Information Line: 1-800-732-8333
Email: injury@vdh.virginia.gov
Phone: (804) 864-7732
