The greatest number are 16-29, the age group reported to use safety belts the least. Your risk of getting hurt in a back seat is 50 percent lower than in the front seat. Such an accident puts unrestrained front-seat passengers in a position to go headfirst through the windshield or jam up against the steering wheel and instrument panel.
Most people sit somewhat side-ways by the window rather than in the middle.
These at-ease passengers reflect an attitude similar to someone seated comfortably in a home living room. This same complacency shows up in safety-belt use. Yet, if you buckle up in back, you reduce your chance of fatal injury by 26 percent. If used by everyone, rear safety belts would save 660 lives and prevent over 10,000 serious injuries a year. Rear safety belts prevent rear passengers from becoming UFOs unbuckled flying occupants who can kill and maim others.