(1) Each year in the UK up to 15 front-seat passengers are killed by the impact from an unbelted rear-seat passenger being thrown forward with a force of up to 60 times their own body weight even at a mere 30 mph.(2) Sergt Lenehan said there was a new awareness and emphasis on the need for safety belts and where the Gardai once issued cautions to unbelted drivers they were now adopting a tougher line.(3) A high-collapse load setting is used for a large, unbelted driver in a severe collision, while the collapse load is lowered for a small, belted driver in a minor accident.(4) However, since unbelted passengers are the most common fatalities perhaps more people need to be informed about proper safety procedures when driving.(5) Even in a 30 mph crash, an unbelted rear passenger is flung forward with a force equivalent to two tonnes, quite capable of killing a front seat passenger who might otherwise have survived the initial impact.(6) He was wearing white and blue silk robes, which were unbelted .(7) It was only now that Maple realized Doriel could probably see right up her unbelted shift.(8) A 10% increase in speed of collision results in an increase of approximately 45% in case fatality in unbelted and belted occupants.(9) His shirt was untucked and unbelted , and hung open at the chest.(10) Among adult drivers who were belted, 22% of the children in the same vehicle were unbelted .(11) Belted occupants sustain an impact from the unbelted person next to them.(12) Overall, 40% of children were unbelted .(13) The relative risk of death for drivers who were belted, compared with unbelted drivers, was 0.35.(14) Callum is particularly frustrated by US laws to protect unbelted occupants, which he says forced him to raise the XK's header by about 1in more than he had intended.(15) These results from a US cohort of more than 150 000 car occupants during collisions are consistent with the hypothesis that unbelted car occupants become projectiles within a vehicle on collision.(16) When set in motion, it effectively jettisons its unbelted riders - a family of padded dummies - out its windows.
