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Why safety habits matter

Why it matters

Unintentional injuries killed about 197,000 people in the US in 2024 [1]. The basics work: seat belts cut the risk of fatal injury for front-seat occupants by about 45% [2], and bicycle helmets roughly halved head injuries in crashes [3].

Sources

  1. [1]National Center for Health Statistics, CDC National Center for Health Statistics 2024 Evidence: Not graded (statistics)
  2. [2]National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA 2023 Evidence: Not graded (statistics)
  3. [3]Olivier & Creighton, Int J Epidemiol 2017 Evidence: High

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