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Casualty Statistics Deniz Huseyin LTT854 3 October 2022
Absence of seatbelt in rising proportion of road fatalities, DfT statistics show
There has been a rise in the proportion of deaths among drivers or passengers not wearing seatbelts, the latest road casualty statistics from DfT have revealed. Almost half of car occupants killed between 6pm and 8am were not wearing seatbelts, the data shows.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) notes that the new figures reveal significant increases in the proportion of car occupant fatalities not wearing a seatbelt across almost all demographics.
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