What type of seat belt injury can be caused in a road accident?
The types of injury which you might suffer if you are involved in a road traffic accident whilst wearing a seat belt include: 1. Whiplash neck seat belt injury Perhaps the best known seat belt injury from being involved in a car accident is whiplash. Whiplash is a condition caused from the force of your head being thrown forwards and backwards whilst your chest is restrained by a seatbelt. The symptoms a of whiplash injury are caused by damage to your muscles, nerves, ligaments and in the worse cases fractured vertebrae in your cervical spine or neck. Symptoms of whiplash include: neck pain, shoulder pain, headaches and tingling in your fingertips. 2. Chest, sternum and lung injuries If you are involved in a high speed car accident or a collision involving a truck or other large vehicle – a seatbelt could well save your life, but also the forces coming to play through the seatbelt can cause serious injuries to your chest, such as a fractured sternum, bruising, burns and sometimes even
