Program and assessment report on the national safety belt usage program.

This report reviews programs to increase safety belt and child safety seat use at the community, State, and National levels. It contains the following eight sections: (I) Introduction; (II) Effectiveness of safety belts and child safety seats; (III) Techniques/elements for increasing safety belt usage; (IV) Motivation research program; (V) The National Safety Belt Usage Program; (VI) Network/organization/state activities; (VII) Comprehensive community programs; and (VIII) Program evaluation and assessment. This report concludes that if a variety of organizations work together toward a common goal, nationally, regionally, and locally, they can effect remarkable increases in safety belt use and immeasurable benefits to individuals involved in traffic accidents.