THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN THE FOUR DOOR SUV MY FAMILY WAS RIDING IN WAS BROADSIDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, AT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. MY TWO YEAR OLD SON WAS RIDING IN HIS FORWARD FACING ALPHA SPORT CAR SEAT IN THE BACK SEAT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION. HE SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES AND BLACK EYES AS A RESULT OF HIS HEAD HITTING THE WINDOW. MEDICAL, FIRE AND POLICE PERSONNEL ARRIVING AT THE SCENE DO NOT BELIEVE HE SHOULD HAVE SUSTAINED THIS SORT OF INJURY WHILE IN A CAR SEAT. THE CAR SEAT WAS BUCKLED IN PROPERLY AND HE WAS SECURED INTO THE SEAT PROPERLY. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE CAR SEAT FAILED TO PROTECT HIM PROPERLY DURING THE CRASH, AND THUS RESULTED IN INJURIES HE MAY NOT HAVE SUSTAINED IF HE WAS IN A DIFFERENT CAR SEAT. THIS SEAT ALSO PROVIDES VERY LITTLE SIDE PROTECTION AROUND THE CHILD'S HEAD, WHICH I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT UNTIL AFTER OUR CRASH. *TR