By Jessica A Parker

It has been reported by safekids.co.uk that approximately 1,000 UK toddlers are taken to hospital every year after an injury involving a buggy. These injuries can result from falls, tipovers and pinches from within the mechanism.

While this number of injuries says more about the large number of parents using buggies to transport their children than the actual danger of those buggies, it is nevertheless true that baby buggy safety is a big issue and that parents should be aware of the potential dangers to their children.