Most drivers and passengers killed in crashes are unrestrained. 53% of drivers and passengers killed in car crashes in 2009 were not wearing restraints.
Seat belts dramatically reduce risk of death and serious injury. Among drivers and front-seat passengers, seat belts reduce the risk of death by 45%, and cut the risk of serious injury by 50%.
Seat belts prevent drivers and passengers from being ejected during a crash. People not wearing a seat belt are 30 times more likely to be ejected from a vehicle during a crash. More than 3 out of 4 people who are ejected during a fatal crash die from their injuries.
I bet a lot of TBI is due to being ejected from the vehicle.
Well, to use the numbers given, if P(death) when you don’t wear a seatbelt equals 1 and P(death) when you do equals 0.55, and 53 people die not wearing a seatbelt and 47 die wearing one, then 1 x A1 = 53 and 0.55 x A2 = 47. A1=53 and A2=85.45. A2/(A1+A2) = 0.617. So 62% of people are wearing a seatbelt at any given time.
I’m assuming they’re calcing the two figures given the same methods which is not a given. They might be using real world figures for the former statistics and car crash simulator numbers for the latter statistics which would make more sense but throw my calculation off. 62% seems low to me.
That’s irrelevant. As long as the ratio of seatbelt to not seatbelt is 55⁄100, you’ll end up with the same answer. ~seatbelt could be 0.1 or 0.03 or 0.00007.
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I bet a lot of TBI is due to being ejected from the vehicle.
But what about the 47% who die who are wearing seat belts? Is that number even different than the base rate of people who wear seat belts?
Well, to use the numbers given, if P(death) when you don’t wear a seatbelt equals 1 and P(death) when you do equals 0.55, and 53 people die not wearing a seatbelt and 47 die wearing one, then 1 x A1 = 53 and 0.55 x A2 = 47. A1=53 and A2=85.45. A2/(A1+A2) = 0.617. So 62% of people are wearing a seatbelt at any given time.
I’m assuming they’re calcing the two figures given the same methods which is not a given. They might be using real world figures for the former statistics and car crash simulator numbers for the latter statistics which would make more sense but throw my calculation off. 62% seems low to me.
I am certain that the P(death|~seat belt) != 1.
That’s irrelevant. As long as the ratio of seatbelt to not seatbelt is 55⁄100, you’ll end up with the same answer. ~seatbelt could be 0.1 or 0.03 or 0.00007.