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Next-generation booster seats

Next-generation booster seats

Various studies carried out in the last ten years have improved people’s opinions of this type of device, which over time has been adapted to safety needs. Today, they are considered an adequate system for protecting a child in a vehicle.

Mechanisms for safer living

Mechanisms for safer living

Keeping your bike in top condition, clean, serviced and well-oiled, is the first rule that every cyclist should obey. If you do this regularly, you will extend its useful life and improve your safety, while reducing the likelihood of breakdowns.

Cycling safely in the city

Cycling safely in the city

The statistics say it all. The use of bicycles as a way of getting around our cities has increased greatly following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the growth of bikesharing schemes. We tell you how to cycle safely around the city.

Which car seat should I buy?

Which car seat should I buy?

The arrival of a baby at home is always a cause for joy, but also for concern, especially when it is your first child. We help you to resolve some of the doubts that may arise in relation to their health, development and safety.

Everything you need to know about CRS

Everything you need to know about CRS

We are very used to using child seats in cars, but, in general, we are unaware of their function, what they can offer us, and what benefits they provide in terms of our children’s safety when we use them in the car.

More visible, much safer

More visible, much safer

The results of the report “Focus while driving: cyclists invisible to drivers”, carried out in 2019 by Fundación MAPFRE and Bosch España, show the way to increase the safety of cyclists.

The mobility of the future

The mobility of the future

42 of the proposals that we have taken to the Road Safety Commission of the House of Representatives have been incorporated into the final report on the future strategy for safe, healthy and sustainable mobility in our country.

Streets for life

Streets for life

Restoring harmony between all road users is a dream that is gradually becoming a reality. The #Streetsforlife campaign was launched to help achieve this.

New Road Traffic Act – another step towards road safety

New Road Traffic Act – another step towards road safety

Our institutions continue to work towards safe, healthy and sustainable mobility. In this respect, the Spanish Congress has recently passed a new Road Traffic Act to ensure our safety as users of the public highway. Here we give you all the details about this amendment to the law.

A Safe Virtual World

A Safe Virtual World

We want to help children and young people by making their environment a safer place so we’ve developed a new interactive virtual tool: the Safe Virtual World. We invite you to discover it.

Anastasia Samoylova, winner of the KBr Photo Award

Anastasia Samoylova, winner of the KBr Photo Award

The Image Cities project by photographer Anastasia Samoylova is a visual study of the ever-closer integration of the photographic image and the urban environment. This work, for its quality and originality, is the winner of the first KBr Photo Award.

For the well-being of a connected citizenry

For the well-being of a connected citizenry

We invite you to take part in the Conference on Children’s Rights and Parental Mediation in the Digital World on November 16 which will discuss the need to ensure a balance between the use of the internet and personal well-being, especially in the case of minors.

Road safety calls for joint action worldwide

Road safety calls for joint action worldwide

We take stock of how the first UN Road Safety Plan 2011-2020 has helped reduce road accidents worldwide, and we analyze the challenges for the coming years based on the new strategy posed by the United Nations for the decade 2021-2030.

Get ready. At three o’clock it will be two.

Get ready. At three o’clock it will be two.

The hour changes on the night of October 30 to 31 and these small imbalances in the body can sometimes make some people feel a little strange. The best way to avoid it is to maintain a regular sleep pattern throughout the year.

It’s time to take action

It’s time to take action

The pandemic caused us to suspend these awards in 2020 in order to devote all our efforts to mitigate the consequences of the crisis caused by the coronavirus. In an event held at the Real Casino de Madrid, our Social Outreach Awards have returned with greater commitment and with the certainty that working together is the way to move forward and help others improve.