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People riding in 15-passenger vans are less likely to wear seat belts, putting themselves at greater risk if the van crashes according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA has found that three-quarters of the 684 people killed in single-vehicle crashes weren’t wearing a seat belt. More than half of those killed–414–were partially or totally ejected. The finding comes after a study of 15-passenger van crashes between 1990 and 2002.