The Safest Place in a Car Crash Isn’t the Back Seat Anymore

But that’s no longer certain, as advances in seatbelt technology up front have been slow to jump to the back seat. Safety researchers now have new recommendations about what to buy and where to sit, highlighting vehicles whose rear seats have the kind of sophisticated seatbelts that have protected front-seat riders for roughly a decade. If belts with this better technology aren’t available in the back seat, people 55 and older should sit in the front of newer vehicles with those more sophisticated belts, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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