Samenvatting
The investigation is based on the records of the Boards of Inquiry of the Insurance Companies Traffic Safety Committee, 1970 to 1979. The material included 3.137 fatalities and 3.325 injuries in motor vehicle accidents. There were 2.480 victims killed on front seats of cars, 512 victims killed on rear seats, 84 in vans and 61 in trucks. Of those fatally injured, 24.2 per cent had worn seat belts, and 29.1 among the severely injured, 38.8 among the moderately injured, and 37.8 among those not sustaining injuries.