A self-locking belt reeling device for, in particular, motor vehicle safety belts is provided and includes a housing and a belt rewinding shaft, the latter being mounted in the former in a manner preventing axial movement but allowing radial movement under the action of locking-forces, with the ends of the shaft extending through apertures in the housing and being respectively provided with a disc, preferably a toothed disc, in the plane of each of the apertures, at least one of these discs, when locking-forces occur, engaging in a fixed internal toothing of one aperture. The second aperture has a recess for a latch which is mounted therein, this latch being capable of being pivoted into the cross-section of the aperture and into the toothing of the toothed disc associated with this aperture. An actuating element is located on the latch, this element being controlled by the self-locking device.