> <i>Although the driver’s seat was found vacant and the driver was found in the left rear seat, the available evidence suggests that the driver was seated in the driver’s seat at the time of the crash and moved into the rear seat postcrash. Specifically, residential security video showed both the driver and passenger getting into the front seats prior to driving away from the residence. In addition, the EDR data showed active accelerator pedal inputs consistent with driver activity in the 5 seconds prior to the impact with the tree, and that the driver’s seat belt was connected at the time of the crash. Finally, the steering wheel examination conducted by the NTSB Materials Laboratory indicated an impact to the upper left quadrant, consistent with the driver loading the steering wheel during a frontal crash.</i><p>If the driver was indeed wearing a seatbelt, how does that person end up in the left back seat in a frontal crash? Now I have questions about that seat belt.<p>Especially considering this comment in the report: <i>In addition, the EDR
data showed active accelerator pedal inputs consistent with driver activity in the 5 seconds prior to the impact with the tree, and that the driver’s seat belt was connected at the time of the crash.</i><p>So there was a driver pushing the accelerator, wearing a seatbelt (assumption) and ending up in the rear seat behind the drivers' seat? Did the driver simply plug in the seatbelt without putting it on? Or did the driver survive the crash, get into the rear seat, and was unable to get out in time?