Seat belt material is an engineering marvel, and not just because of the devices that spool out and tension the seat belt. The fabric that makes up the belt itself, called webbing, is carefully designed to have extreme tensile strength—about 3000-6000 lbs.
Many Americans understand the lifesaving value of the seat belt – the national use rate was at 90.7% in 2019. Seat belt use in passenger vehicles saved an estimated 14,955 lives in 2017