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Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause
of death for ages 1 to 44.
The
majority of these deaths could be prevented with proper safety belt
use and child passenger seat use.
According to NHTSA ( National Highway Traffic Safety Association)
research has shown that lap/shoulder belts, when used properly,
reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passenger car
occupants by 45 percent ad the risk of moderate to critical injury
by 50 percent. For light truck occupants, safety belts reduce the
risk of total injury by 60 percent and moderate-to critical injury
by 65 percent. Children who are properly secured in safety seats
survive 75 percent of the crashes that would otherwise be fatal.
Those who do not buckle up account for 60 percent of the vehicle
occupants killed on our roadways.
Safety belts and child passenger safety seats need to be used all
the time, every time.
Drivers and passengers that do not buckle up are about 14 times more likely
to die in a motor vehicle crash than those who wear their safety
belt.
Children copy their parents so it is important that parents buckle up every
time, all the time. Not only will parents set a good example for their children, but if they
are in a crash they will not be thrown into their child causing them
further injury.
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