Abstract The child safety seat (1) for transporting a child (7) in a vehicle is configured for the child (7) to be secured to the child safety seat (1) with a safety belt (8) of the vehicle, and is characterized in that the child safety seat (1) comprises a belt pad (5) which is adapted to be arranged on the safe ty belt (8). The belt pad (5) of the child safety seat preferably comprises a lower component (10) 10 and an upper component (11), wherein the lower component (10) is configured to be positioned between the safety belt (8) and the child (7) when the child (7) is seated in the child safety seat (1) and is secured in the child safety seat (1) with the safety belt (8), and wherein the upper compo nent (11) is configured to be positioned on the side of the safety belt (8) opposite to the side the lower component (10) is positioned on.