In Essex, non-seatbelt wearers are up to four and a half times more likely to be killed in the event of a crash.

UK law states you must wear a seatbelt in a vehicle. You could be fined up to £500 if caught not wearing a seatbelt in addition to putting yourself and others at risk during a collision.

THINK! explains that if you are sitting in the back of a car without a seat belt and you crash at 30mph, you will hit the front seat – and anyone in it – with a force of 30 to 60 times your own body weight.