The seat belt law and after.

Posterior segment glass intraocular foreign bodies following car accident or explosion

“…Involvement in motor vehicle accidents while not wearing a seat belt has been found to be the main aetiology of glass-mediated ocular trauma [10]. Introduction of legislation making it compulsory to wear a seat belt leads to a dramatic reduction in motor vehicle accident-related ocular trauma [1,5,6,9].…”

The pattern of perforating eye injuries in Ireland

“…[1][2][3] The introduction of seat-belt legislation in the early 1980s together with the introduction of laminated windscreens resulted in a sharp drop in the number of such injuries. This has been documented in studies of the period before and after the introduction of seat-belt legislation.…”

“…Paediatric injuries are frequently preventable with adequate adult supervision. t 3,14 Both fireworks injuries occurred in children, and in both cases the eye was rendered permanently blind.…”

“…Subsequent studies have reported a beneficial effect of seat-belt legislation in reducing windscreen injuries. [2][3][4] It was our impression that the pattern of injury had changed in recent years with fewer windscreen injuries but more assaultrelated cases presenting to the emergency department. The aim of this study was to review all perforating eye injuries presenting to our unit to determine whether the pattern of injury had changed since 1983.…”

Visual Results after Ocular Trauma among Arabs in Kuwait

“…There is a wide variety of objects from which children suffer injuries [7], but they will differ according to playthings common within a given society. For example, in the United Kingdom, 5% of all perforating inju ries were caused by children playing with darts [8], while a very high percentage of children in Kuwait were injured playing with catapults.…”