One of the priority actions in the National Road Safety Program GAMBIT 2005 for Poland is considerable increase of safety belt use in vehicles. Information about safety belts use is very important for running the following actions: informative, schooling, preventive and repressive. It is proved, that actions aiming at the increase of safety belts use among drivers and passengers are very effective. Safety belts are the most effective, well-known measure which can safe human life during a road accident. In 2002 the implementation of project concerning creation of behaviour monitoring system was initiated in Poland. One part of this project is to determine level of safety belts use in every region in Poland. Results of this project will be used for creating the monitoring system of safety belt use among drivers and passengers in every region. On the basis of introductory experiences, two regions started implementation of their own monitoring systems of safety belts use. The paper presents national and regional safety belt use monitoring systems. The basis of national system consists of 16 stationary measurement points in regional capitals. The basis of regional systems consists of stationary measurement points located in cities and on chosen roads. National surveys are conducted in two- month cycles and regional surveys in 1 - 3 year cycles. The second part of the paper presents the results of the surveys and the ways the surveys are used in educating, preventive and repressive actions (A). For the covering abstract of the conference see E217780.
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