Seatbelt Safety Prevents New York Car Accidents

Here's a hard fact: the majority of people killed in New York car accident could have been saved if they had been wearing their safety belt. Very plainly, despite airbag technology, roll bars, antilock brakes, and other new safety features, your seatbelt is the most effective and most important feature in your car when it comes to saving your life during a NYC car accident.

Here are some seatbelt statistics and facts:

· Car accident victims are 25 times more likely to die in a crash if they are thrown from their vehicle - something that happens almost exclusively when the person is not buckled up.

· An estimated 63 percent of those killed in car accidents were not wearing their seatbelt at the time of their accident.

· Three fourths of families using child safety seats either install them incorrectly or use them incorrectly.

· Those who don't wear seatbelts are putting other people in the car in danger - a significant number of people, especially children, are killed when another person in the car not wearing a seatbelt slams into them during the car collision.

· Experts estimate that over 10,000 people could be saved each year if everyone buckled up.

· Young males are the demographic least likely to wear their seatbelts. They are also the most likely to speed, drive recklessly, and drive drunk. Not surprisingly, they are the most likely group to die in a car accident.

· Researchers have found that is 90 percent of the population wore their seat belts, the country would save $8.8 billion each year.

· You should buckle up even for short trips - three out of four fatal accidents occur when the victim is less than 25 miles from home.