The Importance of Side-Impact Protection: How babyark’s BioArk™ System Contributes to Car Seat Safety
When it comes to protecting your child in the car, side-impact crashes are among the most dangerous. While front and rear collisions are more common, side-impact crashes can cause serious injuries due to the limited space between the point of impact and your child. That’s why side-impact protection is a critical feature to look for in any car seat—and it’s exactly where babyark’s BioArk™ system excels.
In this blog, we’ll explore the importance of side-impact protection and how babyark’s BioArk™ system provides cutting-edge technology to help keep your child safe during every ride.
Why Side-Impact Protection Matters
Side-impact crashes, often referred to as T-bone accidents, occur when the side of a vehicle is struck by another vehicle or object. These types of crashes can be especially dangerous for children because the distance between the door and the car seat is much shorter compared to the front or rear of the vehicle. This means there is less space to absorb the impact, putting your child at greater risk of injury.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), side-impact crashes account for 25% of passenger deaths. This statistic highlights the importance of choosing a car seat with effective side-impact protection.
How babyark’s BioArk™ System Helps Protect Your Child
babyark’s BioArk™ system was designed with side-impact protection in mind, offering superior safety features that shield your child from the forces of a side-impact collision. Here’s how it works:
- Superior Protection, at Every Angle: The BioArk™ system contributes protective layers of defense. With the BioArk™ System, in the event of a side-impact collision, the side impact wing provides another layer of defense between incoming forces and your child, sustaining the brunt of the force, as described below, because of our patented...
- Energy Absorption: babyark’s side-impact protection works by absorbing and redistributing crash forces, reducing the amount of energy that reaches your child. This helps prevent serious injuries to the head, neck, and torso.
- Advanced Materials: The BioArk™ system uses energy absorption mechanics to cushion your child during a crash. Opening the side wing on the door-side of the car seat allows babyark to absorb crash forces from side impacts. babyark’s safety features provide excellent protection and reduce the risk of injury in a crash.
Crash Test Data: Why Side-Impact Protection Saves Lives
Crash tests have shown that car seats with advanced side-impact protection, like babyark’s BioArk™ system, significantly reduce the risk of injury during a side collision. In fact, studies from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show that children in car seats with side-impact protection are 75% less likely to suffer serious injuries compared to those withoAS lonut.
Here’s why side-impact protection is so important:
- Minimizes Head and Neck Injuries: In a side-impact crash, your child’s head and neck are particularly vulnerable. BioArk™ helps keep your child’s head in the safest position, reducing the risk of traumatic brain injuries and spinal injuries.
- Protects the Chest and Torso: The BioArk™ system also shields your child’s chest and torso, preventing the impact from reaching their core. This is crucial for avoiding rib fractures or internal injuries.
By investing in a car seat with proven side-impact protection, you can significantly increase your child’s safety on the road.
Why Side-Impact Collisions Are So Dangerous
Here are some key reasons why side-impact crashes are so dangerous:
- No crumple zone: Unlike frontal or rear-end collisions, wherein the car often offers a crumple zone to absorb impact, side-impact crashes provide very little room for the vehicle to cushion the blow. While car safety has rightly begun placing more emphasis on side impact in the last few years, this was less a focus until recent years, with the majority of innovation going to help reduce forces in frontal or rear-end collisions.
- Proximity to Impact: In most side-impact crashes, the point of impact is directly next to the child. This puts them at higher risk for serious injuries, especially if they aren’t properly protected by a car seat with side-impact features.
- Limited Vehicle Protection: Most vehicles are designed to absorb frontal and rear collisions but offer less protection on the sides. This makes the car seat’s side-impact protection even more important.
- High Forces at Low Speeds: Side-impact crashes can be severe even at lower speeds because of the limited protection offered by the vehicle’s side panels. Car seats like babyark that focus on side-impact safety help absorb these forces, keeping your child safe.
How babyark Offers Unmatched Side-Impact Protection
babyark’s BioArk™ system is more than just a feature—it’s a commitment to keeping your child safe from every angle. By combining premium materials with advanced energy absorption technology, babyark provides industry-leading protection that goes beyond required car seat standards.
Here’s what makes babyark’s side-impact protection stand out:
- Continuous Protection: The BioArk™ system is designed to work whether your child is rear-facing or forward-facing. Simply open the wing on the side next to the car door, and the system is ready and able to protect from impact, absorbing the force of the crash and providing further protection from the door and impeding elements.
- Layered Safety Design: BioArk™ uses multiple layers of energy-absorbing materials to create a protective shield around your child, ensuring that they’re surrounded by safety no matter where the impact comes from.
- Smart Technology: babyark’s smart app helps ensure that the car seat is installed correctly, providing additional peace of mind that your child is safe in the event of a crash.
Side-impact protection is a critical factor in car seat safety, and babyark’s BioArk™ system offers unparalleled protection from side collisions. With advanced materials, energy-absorbing technology, and a protective shell, babyark helps protect your child at every angle.
