Teenagers in Cars

The Facts

Around, 5,000 people aged 12-16 are killed or injured in motor vehicles every year in the UK.
When a teenager reaches the age of 14, it is their legal responsibility to wear a seatbelt. It is the driver's responsibility to ensure that passengers under the age of 14 are wearing their seatbelts.
In a crash someone not wearing a seatbelt is more likely to die than someone using one. Wearing a seatbelt saves over 2,000 lives every year. That's 5 lives every day!
There is also evidence that people are less likely to use seatbelts on short or familiar journeys or at low speeds. This puts them at serious risk of injury in a crash.

When you're in a car, make sure you wear your seatbelt!
One driver wearing a seatbelt dies every week because the passenger behind them didn't wear one!
You're twice as likely to survive a car crash if you take 2 seconds to put a seatbelt on.
Nearly 300 lives would almost certainly have been saved in 2007 if all car occupants had been wearing a seatbelt. Roughly, that's one life a day.