Meaning of lap sash seatbelt | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of seatbelt which goes across the pelvis and then up and diagonally across the body; the conventional type found in most cars today.

Australia, UK

Examples

“[…]automobile accidents in which a casualty occurred in Victoria (Australia) during 1973 and 1974, Nelson (1974) has stated that from a clinical point of view the current lap-sash seatbelt-head configuration is not reducing the incidence of whiplash injuries to a significant extent.”

“From 4 years to about 11 years, a booster seat, initially with a harness (until about 6 years) and then with an adult lap/sash seatbelt, offers the safest option for car travel.”

“Once your child doesn′t fit into a child car restraint at around four years of age, a booster seat can be used with an adult lap/sash seatbelt.”

“A precise description of mechanism of injury can guide the examination, eg flexion/extension injury over lap sash seatbelt is associated with small bowel injury and lumbar vertebral fractures.”

“Bruce pushed the ultralight out of the hangar; I climbed in and fastened the lap-sash seatbelt.”

CEFR level