There are 2.7 million people injured each year from automobile accidents. There are 37,000 people killed each year in automobile accidents. Eighty percent of the deaths occur in cars traveling less than 40 miles per hour and less than 25 miles from home.
Some people say they can brace themselves if involved in an accident.
I have heard people say that the reason they don't wear seat belts is because they are afraid they will be trapped in their car in case of fire. Your chances of getting out of a burning car are much greater if you wear your seat belts. This is because you are much more likely to be conscious and capable of crawling out of a burning car if you are wearing your seat belts when the accident occurs. We have all heard the stories of someone who survived a severe accident and were not wearing their seat belt. They were told by the police officer or the driver of the wrecker, that they would have died had they been wearing their seat belt.