The invention of the seat belt - a podcast by BBC World Service

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In 1958, the late Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point safety belt for cars.

It's estimated to have saved more than one million lives around the world.

Rachel Naylor speaks to Nils' stepson, Gunnar Ornmark.

(Photo: Nils Bohlin, in 1959, modelling his invention. Credit: Volvo Cars Group)

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