Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin, working for Volvo, patented the modern three-point seatbelt in 1959 and Volvo made the design freely available to other manufacturers, judging its life-saving potential more important than any competitive advantage. The design is credited with saving an estimated one million lives since its introduction.
Record no. MRB-2026-005793
Invention of the Three-Point Seatbelt
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