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Seat Belt Safety Statistics
(According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2000)
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Seat belts save an estimated
9,500 lives in the U.S. each year |
| It is estimated that 11,889 lives were saved in
2000 thanks to seat belts |
(Nemours – Jacksonville)
| More that 4,600 young people between the ages of
16 and 18 were killed or seriously injured in fatal crashes in 2000, 67%
of them were not wearing seat belts |
(National Transportation
Safety Board)
| Approximately 8,000 Americans (adults and
children) will die in crashes because they fail to buckle their seat
belts |
(American Business Journal
in 2002)
| Traffic crash-related injuries are the leading
cause of death for Hispanics between the ages of 1 and 34, and second
for those between the ages of 35 and 44 |
( National Center for
Statistics and Analysis)
| In 2001 fatal crashes
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75% of passengers were
ejected from their vehicles |
| 1% of those who used restraints were ejected |
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12,144 lives were saved by
seat belts (those over the age 4) |
| 16,754 passenger vehicle occupants could have
been saved by wearing seat belts |
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Child
Restraint Statistics
( National Center for Statistics and
Analysis)
| In 2001;
| 497 children under the age of 5 were killed in
fatal accidents, 49% (242) were unrestrained |
| 269 children under 5 were saved by child
restraints |
| from 1975-2001 5,085 lives were saved by child
restraints |
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