Sleepypod’s safety record is no accident.

In a five-month period, Sleepypod® has recorded multiple auto accidents without injuries to pets using one of its carriers or safety harnesses. All accident information was voluntarily shared with Sleepypod by its customers. The maker of innovative pet products, to include pet carriers and harnesses designed to safely restrain pets in autos, began analyzing auto accident data in May 2014 when a customer contacted the company about the family dog that escaped injury when wearing Sleepypod’s Clickit Utility dog safety harness.

Today, Sleepypod customer Valerie Stephens and her husband know firsthand that their dog Dexter is a safer passenger in the car when wearing his Clickit Utility safety harness. The trio was in a 55 mph car accident that left the front end of their vehicle significantly damaged from wheel well to wheel well. Dexter was riding in the
vehicle’s back seat and buckled in by a Clickit Utility safety harness. Listen to an audio message of Stephens recounting the accident details at https://soundcloud.com/sleepypod/valerie-stephens-accident.

Courtney Connors also knows for certain her dog Maple is safer when riding in a car. Connors and her dog were in a 40-45 mph auto accident that sent Connors to a hospital emergency room where she was diagnosed with a fractured sternum before being sent to another hospital for specialized care and an overnight stay. Connors was driving and wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident, with the additional benefit of air bags to cushion her in the collision.

In contrast, Maple was seated in the rear seat of the vehicle and buckled in Sleepypod’s Clickit Utility safety harness. Maple received a clean bill of health from the veterinarian who examined her the day after the accident.

It is no accident that Maple and Dexter were safer dog passengers when wearing Sleepypod’s Clickit Utility dog safety harness. Sleepypod requires that its pet products designed to restrain pets in autos undergo rigorous testing, to include dynamic crash testing.

Last year, Sleepypod’s Clickit Utility harness was named the clear top performer in a landmark harness crashworthiness study conducted by the Center for Pet Safety. According to the Center for Pet Safety, “It was the only harness tested to consistently keep a dog from launching off of the seat and the only restraint deemed to offer
substantial protection to all passengers, including the dog, in the event of an accident.” Read about the study at http://centerforpetsafety.org/research/2013-harness-study-results/.

Sleepypod’s Clickit Sport harness, introduced this year, is the first harness to receive the top safety certification level of five stars by the Center for Pet Safety. Read about the Center for Pet Safety’s Certification Program at http://centerforpetsafety.org/cps-certified/.

“Sleepypod packs a tremendous amount of innovation in the design of its pet carriers and harnesses, with safety being the primary design standard,” says Sleepypod co-founder and lead product designer, Michael Leung. “We are encouraged by our growing database of safety information from real world auto accidents.”