The effect of mandatory seat belt legislation on mortality and morbidity in Denmark

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Affiliations

¹Accident Analysis Group, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
Abstract

The effect of the seat belt mandatory in Denmark was studied for five years around the enactment, based on 3005 casualties. Injury data were compared to traffic activities, to hour of accident and to sex and age of victims. The initial effect vanished the second year after enactment, presumably due to strong influence from law-inobedient high-risk drivers.
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Year Entry

1976 The Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) 1976 Revision. Morton Grove, IL: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM); 1976.

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1978	Nielsen HV, Nordentoft E, Weeth R. Different behavioral patterns of seat belt users and non-users. In: Proceedings of the 1978 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 12-13, 1978; Lyon, France.1-12.