Buckle up! Every person, every seat, every time

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.) ; United States. Indian Health Service. Injury Prevention Program.
• Description:
  The Facts
  
  • American Indians and Alaska Natives are more at risk for getting injured or killed in a car crash than other Americans.
  
  • Three out of every four passengers who died in car crashes on reservations were not wearing seat belts at the time of the crash.
  
  • Seat belts reduce the risk of serious injury and death in a crash by about half.
  
  Help Keep Yourself and Your Loved Ones Safe
  
  You can help keep yourself and your loved ones safe by:
  
  • Wearing a seat belt every time you ride in a car.
  
  • Buckling up the right way.
  
  • • The lap belt goes across the hips, below the stomach.
  
  • • The shoulder belt goes across the middle of the chest and over the shoulder.
  
  • • Never put the shoulder belt behind your back or under your arm.
  
  • Always wearing a seat belt even when the car or truck has air bags.
  
  • Never riding in the bed of a truck.
  
  • Never using a seat belt to buckle more than one person at a time.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Alaska Natives Automobile Driving Indians, North American Program Development Safety Seat Belts
• Series:
  Roadway to Safer Tribal Communities Toolkit
• Document Type:
  Text
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34102/cdc_34102_DS1.pdf
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