ADAC 2024 Child Car Seat Test: Shocking Results with Big Wins and Major Failures

Parents 1x1, that saves your baby’s life

Mónika Lombos
11 min readJun 1, 2024
Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash

What is the ADAC test? What is Swedish Plus test? And ECE R129/03? ER44/04? One of them? Maybe ADAC sounds familiar a bit. Why are these all of them important?

Because in 2024 one of the ADAC tested car seat is thrown through the vehicle in scenarios of frontal crash tests. Umm, What the heck, right?

Choosing a car seat for our baby is not an easy task, but the German ADAC and the Swedish Plus Test can be of great help. When a family chooses a car seat, the needs that arise are usually quite similar and categorizable. We want our child’s car seat to be primarily safe, comfortable, and long-lasting, as well as practical, and at the same time, not to cost a fortune.

For making it easier, you can filter car seats here based on ADAC results, certifications, car seat, harness, price params and so on. The whole article can read here free.

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Important note for short-readers

What certifications and tests exist for child car seats?

  • ADAC Test
  • Plus Test (Sweden)
  • ECE R44/04 Standard

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Mónika Lombos

Experienced software engineer, founder of strollerina.com and LEGO Duplo (Sorry not sorry) fan. Love coding and practicing yoga from the heart of Budapest.