Safety belts and child restraints : the proportion of cars fitted and of occupants using them.

Different surveys of safety belt usage in the U.K. are summarized. The proportion of cars fitted with safety belts to the front seats rose from about 28% to 95% in 1973.The increase in safety belt wearing in the last years coincided with a large national advertising campaign to encourage the use of safety belts sponsored by the Department of the Environment and followed the legal requirement to fit improved seat belts to new vehicles.