Do the drivers of goods vehicles and passengers have to use seat belts? What about bus/coach drivers?
Van and other goods vehicles drivers must by law use their seat belts where they are fitted. There is an exception while undertaking deliveries or collections if the vehicle travels less than 50 metres between stops. If the current low seat belt-wearing rates for van drivers and their passengers can be brought up to the levels of seat belt-wearing in cars, up to 20 lives would be saved and 240 serious injuries and 1,000 slight injuries would be avoided each year. Like goods vehicle drivers, the drivers of buses/coaches must by law use seat belts where they are fitted in the vehicle.
