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Restraint Usage


   
     
   

Restraint used

Driver survived

Driver killed

Passenger killed

Lap belt

4

2

3

Shoulder belt

3

7

1

Lap & shoulder belt

270

107

31

Child safety seat

0

0

2

Airbag deployed

77

56

6

None used

76

163

99

Unknown

51

20

8

Seat belt and Airbag

76

37

7

Not required

116

11

6

Total

673

403

163

Based on the various sources of information (accident reports, observations, interviews, evidence), the seat belt data may not be completely reliable.

   
   

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