A Private First Class assigned to 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, died as a result of a PMV-4 mishap 22 November 2018 in Atchison, Kansas, at 0100 local. He and two other Soldiers were traveling to their holiday location while on pass when the driver crashed after reportedly losing control of the vehicle during an attempt to pass a slow-moving vehicle. The Soldier was riding in the rear seat, reportedly unrestrained, and became pinned by the vehicle when it overturned. Authorities suspect speed was a factor in the crash.
- 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 age 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.