Injury Prevention

Risk of death in car crashes reduced if all occupants wear seat belts

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 8th, 2004

Because an unrestrained occupant could cause harm to another occupant during an auto crash, the risk of death is lowest when all occupants are restrained by seat belts, according to a new study.

"A car occupant could be killed if struck by another occupant who was catapulted forward, backward, or sideways in a crash," the authors wrote. This study estimated the association between the death of a car occupant and the restraint use (seat belt of any type or a child car seat) of another occupant in the same car.

Peter Cummings, MD, MPH, and Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH, from Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Seattle, analyzed data from...

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