News Why you might be safer in the front seat than the back seat in head-on crashes April 25, 2019April 25, 2019Nathan Bomey, USA TODAYComments Off on Why you might be safer in the front seat than the back seat in head-on crashes Sitting in the back seat? You could be at more risk of dying in a head-on collision than someone sitting in the front, according to IIHS.