What is the safest place to sit in a car?

According to research data, sitting in the backseat of a car during an accident is far safer than occupying the front seats. But the award for the safest seat in the car goes to the one place that no one ever wants to get stuck: the back-middle seat.



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If a car is struck rear-ended (struck from behind), the safest seat may be the front passenger seat. If a vehicle is struck head-on, the safest seat may be the middle seat in the back seat.

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the passenger seat next to the driver in an automobile, regarded as dangerous in the event of a collision.

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While front-end and rear-end collisions are the most common types of traffic collisions, the passenger side is more likely to be hit in a side-impact collision. When making a left turn at an intersection, the passenger side is exposed to potential impact due to crossing the opposite traffic flow.

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Conclusion: This study has shown that the safest position for any occupant involved in a motor-vehicle crash is the rear middle seat.

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The most important passenger gets to ride shotgun in the front passenger seat. These people include the driver's parent, significant other, or boss. The second most important person sits in the curbside back seat, and the third most important passenger would ride in the other side of the back seat.

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The NHTSA says car seats reduce fatalities by 54 percent. But it draws the comparison with children sitting in cars unrestrained and not using a seat belt. A popular argument against using seat belts is that they do not fit kids properly.

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Most of the survivors were sitting behind first class, towards the front of the plane. Nonetheless, a TIME investigation that looked at 35 years of aircraft accident data found the middle rear seats of an aircraft had the lowest fatality rate: 28%, compared with 44% for the middle aisle seats.

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Most of the survivors were sitting behind first class, towards the front of the plane. Nonetheless, a TIME investigation that looked at 35 years of aircraft accident data found the middle rear seats of an aircraft had the lowest fatality rate: 28%, compared with 44% for the middle aisle seats.

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