Abstract
In 2004, NHTSA conducted the National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS). The overall observed shoulder belt use rate was 80 percent in 2004, compared to 79 percent observed in 2003, 75 percent in 2002, 73 percent in 2001, 71 percent in 2000, and 67 percent in 1999. In 1994, the overall observed shoulder belt use rate was 58 percent. (Author/publisher)