§ Mr. Tom Benyonasked the Minister of Transport what the estimated savings would be in numbers of (a) lives and (b) injuries if seat belts became mandatory.
§ Mr. FowlerThe savings which might be achieved by compulsion depend on the difference between the present seat belt wearing rate and the wearing rate actually. achieved under compulsion which could, of course, vary widely, as the experience in other counties indicates.
An illustration of the potential savings from higher wearing rates is as follows:
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Potential Savings All hours seat belt wearing rate Killed Seriously injured 100 per cent. 1,000 10,000 75 per cent. 650 6,500 50 per cent. 300 3,000