Buckle up - every seat, every trip. While a study shows parents and caregivers traveling with small children typically buckle up the little ones in the back seat, unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to carry over for older kids and adults.
According to a 2018 Governors Highway Safety Administration study, there were 803 deaths of unbelted rear seat occupants age 8 and older. More than 400 would have survived had they been belted. Sadly, these statistics have changed very little from previous studies.
If you’re not wearing a seat belt in the back seat, you’re not only risking your own life, but you may also be risking the lives of those in the vehicle with you. Buckle up or risk becoming a “back seat bullet” - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/back-seat-bullet/
So far this year in Iowa, 170 people have been killed in traffic crashes. That’s an increase of eight since last Friday. In Iowa in 2022, there were 338 traffic-related deaths. To see statistics published daily by the Office of Driver Services, go to the daily fatality report at https://www.iowadot.gov/mvd/stats/daily.pdf