Approximately 47% of people killed in car accidents were not wearing seat belts, according to data from organizations like the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). This statistic highlights the significant risk associated with not using seat belts, as they are designed to reduce the risk of fatal injury in crashes. Wearing a seat belt can dramatically increase the chances of survival in a collision.
Always wear a seat belt because if you don't you can easily die.
around 12000 a year
In 2006, 42,642 people were killed in car accidents. The NHTSA was able to gather seat belt data on 30,251 of the 42,642 car occupants that died in car crashes. Nearly 56 percent, or 16836 people, of the 30,251 with available restraint information were not wearing seat belts at the time of the fatal auto accident. In conclusion, there are about 1403 people died every month due to not wearing a set belt in 2006.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) statistics for 2008, 10,691 people who died in auto crashes were wearing their seat belt.
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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) statistics for 2008, 12,925 people who died in auto crashes were not wearing their seat belt.
Between 90 and 95 percent. A big killer is people unrestrained in the rear of the car. During impact they are launched forward and crush those in the front seats.
No-one dies from not putting on the seat belt - they die from the impact. In each accident, it would be impossible to say if wearing a seatbelt would definitely have prevented death, but it does increase survival rates hugely.
If you don't, you might die.
A few, but a lot less than the number that die withoutwearing one.
So you don't die if you crash. Plus it is illegal not to have them.
until you die :(