Seat-belt Injuries

Abstract

The drivers and passengers of two cars which collided head-on all wore lap and diagonal seatbelts. Three of the four suffered ruptured viscera and two incurred flexion-compression fractures of the neck. A victim of a traffic accident who was wearing a seatbelt and who has superficial bruising or pain presents a difficult diagnostic problem. Visceral injury should be suspected in such cases. © 1968, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.