BELTING STATISTICS

This very brief article reports on the fact that John Adams, from London's University College, says that although seat belts were effective safety devices in accidents, they did not reduce the total number of deaths. He suggests that this is because drivers feel safer in belts and drive more dangerously as a result. The latest road accident figures for Britain show some support for Adam's theory. In the first quarter of 1984 the number of deaths to front-seat car passengers, who had to wear a belt in 1984, fell by 17 per cent compared to the same period in 1983, but the number of serious injuries to pedestrians caused by cars climbed by 6 per cent over the same period. (TRRL)

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• Publication Date: 1984-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 5
• Serial:
  • NEW SCIENTIST
  • Volume: 104
  • Issue Number: 1426
  • Publisher: REED BUSINESS INFORMATION LTD
  • ISSN: 0262-4079

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Chemical reduction; Drivers; Fatalities; Hazards; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Risk assessment; Seats; Statistics; Vehicle occupants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Front; Use
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Reduction
• ITRD Terms: 1602: Fatality; 9025: Front; 2163: Injury; 1733: Pedestrian; 1476: Safety belt; 1388: Seat (veh); 6555: Statistics; 8119: United Kingdom; 9084: Use; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392708
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM