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- P Whelan and C E Ackroyd.
- Injury. 1977 May 1;8(4):269-73.
AbstractThis paper reports a study of 266 patients who were admitted to an Accident Service after being involved in road traffic accidents during the four-month period from February to May in 1976. There were 216 front-seat occupants, of whom 21 per cent were wearing seat belts: 156 patients were treated as outpatients and 105 patients were admitted to the wards. Five patients were dead on arrival, none of whom had been wearing a seat belt. There was a significant reduction in the likelihood of being admitted as an impatient (P less than 0.05) if a seat belt was used. There was an 11 per cent increase in the use of seat belts compared with a similar study carried out in 1971 and random roadside surveys also showed a 10 per cent increase. The implications of these findings are discussed.
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