An Analysis of Safety Restraint Use and Effects in Passenger Vehicle Accidents in New York State

870482

02/23/1987

Event
SAE International Congress and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
Police reported accident data in New York State shows that the use of safety restraints increased by more than five times for occupants of all accident involved vehicles after implementation of mandatory restraint laws.
The use of safety restraints by occupants of accident involved vehicles of all types, passenger cars and rear seats of passenger cars, resulted in reductions of the incidence of injuries, deaths, serious injuries and moderate injuries.
Comparisons of the effectiveness of lap belts, harnesses and belt-harness combinations used by rear seat occupants of passenger cars show no consistent pattern of superior performance of any one type of restraint.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/870482
Pages
12
Citation
Conley, F., "An Analysis of Safety Restraint Use and Effects in Passenger Vehicle Accidents in New York State," SAE Technical Paper 870482, 1987, https://doi.org/10.4271/870482.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 23, 1987
Product Code
870482
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English