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Defective Seat Belts

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A seat belt injury can result when a seat belt is defective and fails to adequately protect a passenger. The purpose of a seat belt is to minimize the injuries and damage resulting from the impact of a crash. Seat belt injuries often results from a seat belt design flaw, production defect, or installation defect.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2002, there were more than 2.9 million peopled injured in seat belt incidents. Defective seat belts often contribut to serious injuries.

Seat belt design failures increase the chance of serious injury or death during a rollover accident. The most common types of seat belt defects or failures are:

• Buckle unlatches upon impact or during crash
• Seat belts fail to hold under pressure
• Shoulder belts allow too much slack

A seat belt defect may be present if any of the following occurs:

• Passenger is believed to have been belted but found unbelted after an accident
• Passenger is belted but is injured by interior compact
• Seat belt is latched after accident, but passenger is ends up outside the seat belt
• Passenger is injured but passenger compartment is un-damaged.