baby car seat behind driver or passenger

The safest spot is the rear middle seat—if your seat fits properly there and there’s a top‑tether anchorage—because it keeps bub furthest from side impacts.

If the middle won’t play nice, put the baby car seat behind the passenger for easy kerbside loading and less tango with passing traffic; behind the driver is fine if that’s where the correct anchorage or ISOFIX points are.

Use an Australian Standard–approved seat, route the top tether correctly, and don’t mix ISOFIX with a seatbelt unless the manual specifically says so.

And no, the front seat plus an active airbag is not a comedy duo—avoid it unless your vehicle’s manual and local laws explicitly permit it with the airbag disabled.