Dynamics of a Crash

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Year Published: 1970

Creator: Insurance Institute of Highway Safety

Complete Record: An instructional safety video that stresses the importance of car safety, especially seat belts. The film begins with a man standing in front of a car with two crash dummies sitting inside. It cuts to the car crashing into a wall in a crash test. A series of crash tests at different speeds are shown with the dummies not wearing seat belts to show the damage that would occur in an actual accident. The next segment focuses on the importance of children wearing seat belts. The next segment shows a series of ads that ask “If you are not wearing your seat belt, what’s holding you back?”