Let's start with some statistics.......................................

Residents of UAE are 7 times more likely to die in car accident compared to those in UK.
Road accidents are the second major causes of deaths  in UAE and deaths due to accidents have been increasing every year.

Road accidents are the major cause of child deaths in the UAE..........

• Road accidents are the primary cause of deaths of children in UAE (63% of child deaths are due to accidents.

• 90 percent of children don’t wear seat belts and many die due to injuries suffered during the accident. 

WHEN you don’t buckle up, you endanger more than your life……………………………..

•Statistics show that in a crash, an unbuckled passenger or driver increases the risk of serious injury or death to other occupants by 40%.  

•Furthermore, the chances of dying in a crash go up by 25% when another person in the car is not wearing their seat belt.  

Four Ways Seat Belts Prevent Injury

     •Keep people in the vehicle, without being thrown out.•Spread forces over a wide area of the body• Help the body to slow down• Protect the brain and spinal cord

Common Myths“It is better to be thrown out. The car might burn or I might    drown.  I don’t want to be trapped in my belt.”

The truth is that you are actually more likely to be killed if you  are thrown from the vehicle.

“Seatbelts are uncomfortable for me”

    •People who get in the habit of buckling up find it  uncomfortable to ride without them.•It is more uncomfortable to be injured.

“I am a good driver, so I won’t get into a crash”

You can never predict or control what other drivers will do, or  how the weather may change the roadway.

•It only takes a few seconds to buckle a seat belt and it won’t cost you anything, but you may not fully recover from an injury which may end up costing you thousands of dollars or more for treatment.