SEAT BELTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: AN APPRAISAL

Mandatory seat belt legislation has been passed in 15 states. Accompanying this action has been a deluge of information concerning the lives saved and the injuries prevented by the wearing of seat belts by the front seat passengers in automobiles. This study presents data relating to the injuries and deaths attributable to their usage. There is virtually no major area of the adult body that has escaped such involvement. Mechanisms by which seat belt injury is effected are described in relation to the restraint systems currently available in the United States and abroad.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

  100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700
  West Conshohocken, PA  United States  19428-2957
• Authors:
  • Greenberg, S R
• Publication Date: 1987-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 158-166
• Serial:
  • Journal of Forensic Sciences
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
  • ISSN: 0022-1198
  • EISSN: 1556-4029
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1556-4029

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fatalities; Injuries; Machines; Manual safety belts; Pathology; Utilization
• Old TRIS Terms: Mechanisms
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490039
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 835
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 31 1990 12:00AM