Guidelines for conducting a survey of the use of safety belts and child safety seats.

This manual is divided into four sections. Section 1 describes how to select the traffic sites and shopping centres to be used as observation points. Section 2 presents sampling procedures that can be used to obtain the desired data and includes suggestions for data analysis. Section 3 recommends specific data collection requirements for driver and passenger studies along with some general training guidelines. Section 4 provides specicic data collection instructions for observers along with sample data forms. The design and data collection procedures presented in this manual are offered as a basic foundation upon which individual community evaluation studies can be structured.