Ministry of Transport seat belt and child restraint survey 1982.

Author(s)
Appleton, I.
Year
Abstract

A total of 1777 adult occupants were surveyed in three cities in New Zealand. Belt wearing for front seat occupants remains high, in the range 83 to 93 percent. Only 34 percent of rear seat passengers had belts available and use remains low. A total of 589 children were surveyed. About one fifth travel in the front seat. In the front seat restraint use varies from 50 percent to 75 percent with increasing age. In the rear seat restraint use declines with age from 51 percent to 12 percent.

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Library number
B 22744 fo /83/91/
Source

Wellington, Ministry of Transport, Traffic Research Section 1983, 17 p., tab.;Traffic Research Circular No. 21

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