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Safety Belt Use - Buckle Up!
- Lap-shoulder belts reduce the risk of fatal injury
to front-seat occupants by 45% and the risk of moderate-to-critical
injuries by 50%. 1
- Average inpatient costs for traffic crash victims
who did not use safety belts were 50% higher than for victims
who were belted. 1
- 22% of unrestrained people are totally ejected.
In fatal crashes, 75% of passenger car occupants who were totally
ejected from the vehicle were killed. Safety belts are effective
in preventing total ejections - only 1% of the occupants reported
to have been using restraints were totally ejected. 2
- From 1975 through 2000, it is estimated that safety
belts saved 135,102 lives, including 11,889 lives saved in 2000
alone. 2
References:
1. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
As cited in Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. 2003. Fact Sheet:
Safety Belt Facts. Retrieved on October 28, 2003 from the World
Wide Web: http://www.saferoads.org/issues/fs-stand.bak
2. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Occupant Protection. 2002 Seat Belts, Winter 2002. Retrieved on
May 5, 2002 from the World Wide Web: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/airbags/Winter02ocdivision_files/seatbelts.html
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