My mother in law had this car seat for my son, and was in a fender bender. While my son was in this car seat, he asstained NO INJURYS from it what so ever, while my other son, in a different car seat, asstained whip lash... I wish he would have been in this car seat, then he would not have had any problems! I also love this car seat because its easy to buckle in, you can get it tight without wobbling like most car seats do, and its so easy to clean!!! I highly recommend this car seat to parents and grand parents!