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Motor Cars (Fatal Accidents)

Volume 977: debated on Monday 21 January 1980

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asked the Minister of Transport how many deaths in motor cars in each of the past three years were due substantially or in part to the wearing of a seat belt.

The standard accident report forms contain no information as to the cause of death. However, in a study of 1,126 accidents, the transport and road research laboratory found no cases where the occupant would have fared better without a seat belt.

asked the Minister of Transport (1) how many people killed in motor cars in each of the past three years were (a) wearing seat belts, and (b) not wearing seat belts; and in each case, how many were (i) drivers and (ii) passengers.(2) how many people were killed in motor cars in each of the past three years; and how many were (

a) drivers and ( b) passengers.

The information readily available is for cars and light vans taken together.