Excess weight increases by 20% the risk of death during an accident

People whose body mass index (BMI) greater than 30% risk of dying in a car accident increases by 20% as compared to people with normal BMI.

Those who suffer from morbid obesity - in other words, a BMI greater than 40% - a chance to die in a car accident is as much as 80%. The results remain the same, even taking into account such common cause of death in car crashes as inexperience, neglect of safety belts and airbag deployment.

The fact that fat people are more likely to suffer from diseases of the cardiovascular system, and the driver can not even die as a result of the accident itself, but from a heart attack.

Moreover, a complete driver in the collision will throw down the seat, respectively, increases the risk of hitting the windshield. This occurs due to the fact that the belts have usually located slightly below the normal level, closer to the pelvis - of soft tissue in the abdomen belt during travel moves closer to the foot.

via factroom.ru