TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Influence of seat-belt use on the severity of injury in traffic accidents JO - European transport research review A1 - Febres, Juan Diego A1 - García-Herrero, Susana A1 - Herrera, Sixto A1 - Gutiérrez, J. M. A1 - López-García, J. R. A1 - Mariscal, Miguel A. SP - e9 EP - e9 VL - 12 IS - 1 N2 - About 1.35 million people died in traffic accidents around the world in 2018, make this type of accidents the 8th cause of death in the world. Particularly, in Spain, there were 204,596 traffic accidents during 2016 and 2017, out of which 349,810 drivers were injured. The objective of this study was to understand to what extent seat belt non-use and human factors contribute to drivers injury severity.
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LA - en SN - 1867-0717 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12544-020-0401-5 ID - ref1 ER -