Clear result from use of seat belts
There has been a reduction of 7000 in the number of fatalities and serious injuries to front-seat occupants of vehicles in Britain during the first year in which it became compulsory to wear seat belts in the front of cars. Seat belt wearing rates remained close to 95 per cent throughout the year. Among serious and fatal casualties, 75 per cent were reported as wearing seat belts and 9 per cent not wearing ttyem. The remaining 16 per cent were not
known, according to Britain’s Transport Department. Although the compulsory wearing of seat belts attracted widespread controversy in Britain in the initial stages, the efficacy of the legislation is no longer seriously disputed. Now there is growing pressure to speed the time when it will be not only obligatory for car-makers to fit rear seat belts, but also for rear-seat passengers to wear them.
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Press, 30 August 1984, Page 24
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