Twelve children suffered amputations after getting their fingertips caught in the hinges of Maclaren folding pushchairs. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said that customers should stop using the pushchairs immediately.

All Maclaren single and double umbrella pushchairs, including the popular Volo and Triumph, Quest Sport, Quest Mod, Techno XT, Techno XLR, Twin Triumph, Twin Techno and Easy Traveller were voluntarily recalled by the firm in the US. The company said that products sold in the UK were not affected by the recall.

In a joint statement with Maclaren USA, the CPSC said: “The stroller’s hinge mechanism poses a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the consumer is unfolding/opening the stroller.”

It said the firm had received 15 reports of children placing their finger in the pushchair’s hinge mechanism, “resulting in 12 reports of fingertip amputations in the United States”.

Maclaren USA offered users a free "repair kit" — a set of hinge covers to remedy the problem.

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