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SEAT BELT STATISTICS
You are 20x more likely to be killed if you are ejected from a vehicle
Kailee Marie Mills
2001 - 2017
16 years old
Angelica Matamoros
1996 - 2016
20 years old
It only takes 3 seconds to buckle your seat belt
#3seconds2click
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among Americans ages 1 - 54
Ruby Chavez
2000 - 2018
17 years old
David Tucker
1998 - 2018
19 years old
Teens are 3x more likely to die in a car accident than any other age group
Teens have the highest rate of non-seat belt use in the United States
Megan Miller
1988 - 2006
17 years old
Kika Ward
1977 - 2018
Loving wife and mother to 3
If you are ejected from the vehicle you have a 50/50 chance of the car landing on top of you
You are 30x more likely to be ejected from the car if you are not wearing your seat belt, and 3 out of 4 of those people do not survive
More than half of teens and adults who died in crashes in 2015 were unrestrained at the time of the crash
In 2015, seat belt use in passenger vehicles saved an estimated 13,941 lives
EVERYONE'S LIFE MATTERS TO SOMEONE
SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES
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