Seat belt use in 2017 : overall results.

Author(s)
Li, R. & Pickrell, T.M.
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Abstract

Seat belt use in 2017 was 89.7 percent, not statistically different at the 0.05 level from 90.1 percent in 2016. This result is from the National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS), the only survey that provides nationwide probability-based observed data on seat belt use in the United States. The NOPUS is conducted annually by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Seat belt use has shown an increasing trend since 2000, accompanied by a steady decline in the percentage of unrestrained passenger vehicle (PV) occupant fatalities during the daytime. The 2017 survey also found the following: * Seat belt use for occupants in the West is higher than in the other regions, Northeast, Midwest, and South, in 2017. * Seat belt use continued to be higher in the States in which vehicle occupants can be pulled over solely for not using seat belts (“primary law States”) as compared with the States with weaker enforcement laws (“secondary law States”) or without seat belt laws. * Seat belt use for occupants in Midwest increased significantly from 85.5 percent in 2016 to 88.6 percent in 2017. (Author/publisher)

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20180164 ST [electronic version only]
Source

Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, National Center for Statistics & Analysis NCSA, 2014, 4 p.; NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts Research Note ; April 2018 / DOT HS 812 465

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