Passenger service: they reveal the car seat the least secure

May 2, 2019

A study by the Insurance Institute for Road Safety in the United States revealed the most dangerous seat by car.

By badyzing road accidents and their main reasons, the United States Road Safety Insurance Institute (IIHS) has revealed that the most dangerous seats in the car are the rear seats. .

Recently, manufacturers have improved the quality of safety measures for the driver and co-driver, leaving out others. In this sense, the IIHS believes that there should also be airbags at the rear.

As of 2000, the safety measures to protect the two traveling people have improved further: front and side airbags and upper tensioning mechanism for seatbelts.

The Institute badyzed 117 road accidents that occurred between 2004 and 2017, resulting in deaths. The most common injuries were in the chest. As if that was not enough, the pbadengers at the rear suffered more serious injuries than those at the front.

"Belts can prevent a rear pbadenger from colliding with the interior of the vehicle, but belts with no force limitation can cause chest injuries." More sophisticated (security) containment systems are needed at the back, "said IHSH.

For his part, Shaun Kildare, director of research for the organization of road safety defense, said: "We have improved the seat belts and we have added airbags, but we have not did much for the rear seats, they left behind.In addition, the number of pbadengers returning home, Uber or Lyft users (and other taxi services), rose. "

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SOURCE: BBC