Motoring statistics

[TC350]

We all know that statistics can be used (and abused) to tell whatever story that you want them to. Even so, IAM Roadsmart has produced some on road safety in 2021 that I found interesting/alarming, such as:

"Of all car occupant fatalities, 34% of men and 20% of females were not wearing a seatbelt. 17-29-year-olds were the worst offenders with 40% of fatalities not wearing a seatbelt. Of all fatalities that occurred between 6pm and 8am, 47% of were not wearing a seatbelt."

Road Safety Resources | IAM RoadSmart | UK Road Safety Charity

IAM RoadSmart is a leading independent UK road safety charity

www.iamroadsmart.com

 

[rich1068]

Astonishing in this day and age. That said, I know someone who still comes out with all the guff that was put about before seatbelts became law. What would happen if the car ended up in a river etc. Somehow he's wangled a medical exemption and has one of those seatbelt warning defeat buckles permanently plugged in. Gets pulled by the coppers fairly frequently too.

 

[ToeKnee]

For the majority of the time I drive my Mondeo I'm exempt from wearing a seatbelt but I still wear it, silly not to!

 

[Darrell]

It’s an automatic reaction when I get it the car.


In my sisters E Class can the butler thingy seems like it’s poking you in the shoulder to remind you and then pulls back once you have clunk clicked. It’s a bit odd at first.

 

[ALFAitalia]

I'm amazed at that.....I can honestly say I cant remember the last time I saw someone without a seatbelt on.....I certainly don't know anyone that does not wear one regularly. I did get to work about three months ago....go to release my belt to find I had not fitted it......( I put it down to old age and talking to a pretty lady as I got in the car!!!!)........but most of the time its not even something most even need to think about.

 

[TC350]

It’s such an automatic thing to do for me that I’ve sometimes found myself putting on my seatbelt to get my car out of my garage!

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

We all know that statistics can be used (and abused) to tell whatever story that you want them to. Even so, IAM Roadsmart has produced some on road safety in 2021 that I found interesting/alarming, such as:

Road Safety Resources | IAM RoadSmart | UK Road Safety Charity

IAM RoadSmart is a leading independent UK road safety charity

www.iamroadsmart.com

Nothing new here. It’s always been like this or worse.

Diana would still be making Camilla’s life a misery if she’d buckled up,

And young inexperienced drivers not buckling up, in cars driven at night and often overloaded: a stupidity in full view that we choose to ignore.