The effectiveness of compulsory seat belt wearing legislation in Australia. Paper prepared for the National Seat Belt Usage Conference, Washington, 28-30 November 1973.

Author(s)
Vulcan, A.P.
Year
Abstract

The compulsory seat belt wearing legislation has had the following beneficial effects: 1) substantially increased seat belt usage rates; 2) significantly decreased driver and passenger fatalities and injuries. There is still scope for more enforcement, education and improved seat belt design to maximize the effectiveness of the legislation.

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Library number
B 3979 fo /91.2/
Source

Melbourne, Australian Department of Transport, 1973, 15 p., graph., tab.

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