A 22-year-old Specialist assigned to 1st Armor Division, Fort Bliss, Texas, died in a PMV-4 mishap 17 August 2018 in Pecos, Texas, at 0850 local. The Soldier was thrown from his vehicle after it reportedly left the interstate and overturned. Seat belt use is unknown at this time.
- Forty-eight percent of passenger vehicle occupants who were killed in traffic crashes in 2016 were unrestrained.
- Seat belts saved an estimated 14,668 lives of passenger vehicle occupants 5 and older in 2016.
- Research has found that lap/shoulder seat belts, when used, reduce the risk of fatal injury to front seat passenger car occupants by 45 percent and the risk of moderate-to-critical injury by 50 percent.