Crash Test Without Safety Belts Buckled In The Back Seat
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Adults have gotten the message that it’s safer for kids to ride in the back seat properly restrained, but when it comes to their own safety, there is a commo. The insurance institute for highway safety’s video below shows what it looks like in a 35mph crash when an adult in back is riding without a seat belt. this 170 pound crash test dummy weighs about 4,000 pounds (170lbs x 25g’s)… and makes a pancake of the driver. moral of the story: everyone, everywhere, including in the back seat and way.
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Although nine in 10 americans report using seat belts in the front seat, a new report concludes they're not buckling up enough in rear seats, with potentiall. The rear seat crash dummy fared poorly in the jeep renegade. photo: iihs. among the models tested, iihs found that only the ford escape and volvo xc40 protected the rear occupant well enough to. A survey conducted by the insurance institute for highway safety revealed that among those who admit to lax rear seat safety belt usage, as many as 80% of respondents don’t buckle up at all. about 2,000 rear seat passengers die in vehicle crashes each year according to a 2015 study conducted by nhtsa and iihs. Without it, bodies can hit hard surfaces or other people at full speed, leading to serious injuries,” she says. prime age adults (35 to 54 year olds) were the least likely group to report always buckling up in the back seat. sixty six percent of this group reported always using a belt in back, compared with 76 percent of adults 55 and older.
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A survey conducted by the insurance institute for highway safety revealed that among those who admit to lax rear seat safety belt usage, as many as 80% of respondents don’t buckle up at all. about 2,000 rear seat passengers die in vehicle crashes each year according to a 2015 study conducted by nhtsa and iihs. Without it, bodies can hit hard surfaces or other people at full speed, leading to serious injuries,” she says. prime age adults (35 to 54 year olds) were the least likely group to report always buckling up in the back seat. sixty six percent of this group reported always using a belt in back, compared with 76 percent of adults 55 and older. Seat belts are essential safety equipment. for drivers and front seat passengers, using a lap and shoulder belt reduces the risk of fatal injury by 60% in an suv, van or pickup and by 45% in a car. although the vast majority of people buckle up, there are still some who refuse or forget. nearly half of people who die in crashes are not belted. In 2021, 11,813 passenger vehicle occupants who died in a crash (45%) were not wearing a seat belt. data shows that over the years, a greater percentage of unrestrained fatalities occur at night than during the day. in 2021, 57% of people who died in nighttime crashes were unrestrained, compared to 43% who died during the day.
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