SAFETY BELT USE, EJECTION AND ENTRAPMENT

One in every five occupants thrown from a car receives fatal injuries. A motorist who uses a safety belt, in all probability, will not be thrown from the car during a crash. The rate of fatal injury for ejected occupants was found to be 40 times the rate for occupants not thrown from their cars, as determined from national accident sampling data. These data refute the popular notion that "being thrown clear" has survival benefit. In addition, there was no evidence that wearing a safety belt increased fatality risk from vehicle fire or submersion.

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  John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • O'Day, J
  • Scott, R E
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 141-146
• Serial:
  • Health Education Quarterly
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0195-8402

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ejection; Entrapment; Fatalities; Hazards; Manual safety belts; Risk assessment; Utilization
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450641
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 896
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM