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seat belt
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vehicle safety device designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop
A seat belt is a safety device in vehicles that holds passengers firmly in place during a crash or sudden stop, preventing them from being thrown around inside the car. It matters because it significantly reduces the risk of serious injury or death by keeping occupants safely restrained during accidents.
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Research
5,503 papers- Seat belt aorta.ReviewAnnals of vascular surgery · 1990Randhawa MP Jr, Menzoian JODOI: 10.1007/BF02000502
- Seat-Belt Sign and Seat-Belt Aorta.The New England journal of medicine · 2022Fukuyama Y, Motomura TDOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2204183
- Seat belt syndrome.European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery · 2015Koter SH, Cohnert TUDOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2015.02.008
- Safety climate and seat belt use in the fire service.Traffic injury prevention · 2024Smith TD, Balogun AO, Hughes K et al.DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2024.2362834
- Seat-belt legislation.British medical journal · 1979Avery GDOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.6177.1561-c
- Seat belt laws and prevalence of use among high school students in the United States.Annals of epidemiology · 2023Pan Y, Neuroth L, Chomitz I et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.12.011
- 'Fasten your seat-belt!'.British dental journal · 1979DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4804229
- Clinical Significance of the Seat Belt Sign as Evidence of a Compromised Occupant-Seat Belt Relationship.ReviewThe Journal of emergency medicine · 2019Greenston M, Wood RL, Reinhart LDOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.01.035
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- safety harness
- Part of
- vehicle
- Material used
- webbing
- Image
- Female driver buckling seatbelt.jpg
- Connects with
- vehicle
- Has use
- security
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- Commons category
- Seat belts
- MCN code
- 6307.20.00
- exact match
- wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/104106292-n
- facet of
- safety engineering
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Encyclopedic overview
Buckling a three-point seat belt
A seat belt or seatbelt, also known as a safety belt, is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the driver or a passenger of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop. A seat belt reduces the likelihood of death or serious injury in a traffic collision by reducing the force of secondary impacts with interior strike hazards, by keeping occupants positioned correctly for maximum effectiveness of the airbag (if equipped), and by preventing occupants being ejected from the vehicle in a crash or if the vehicle rolls over.
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