Table 2-29: Safety Belt and Motorcycle Helmet Use (percent)a
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OVERALL Safety Belt Use |
58 |
61 |
69 |
67 |
71 |
73 |
75 |
Drivers |
59 |
62 |
70 |
67 |
72 |
74 |
76 |
Passengers |
55 |
59 |
65 |
64 |
68 |
72 |
73 |
Passenger cars |
63 |
64 |
71 |
70 |
74 |
76 |
77 |
Drivers |
64 |
65 |
72 |
71 |
75 |
77 |
78 |
Passengers |
59 |
62 |
68 |
66 |
70 |
74 |
74 |
Light trucksb |
50 |
56 |
66 |
62 |
68 |
69 |
73 |
Drivers |
51 |
58 |
67 |
62 |
69 |
70 |
73 |
Passengers |
49 |
53 |
61 |
60 |
65 |
69 |
72 |
Motorcycle Helmet Usec |
63 |
64 |
67 |
N |
71 |
N |
58 |
Operators |
67 |
66 |
64 |
N |
72 |
N |
59 |
Riders |
54 |
58 |
84 |
N |
62 |
N |
48 |
KEY: N = data do not exist.
aSeat belt use is of Fall each year except in 1999 (December), 2001
(June), and 2002 (June). Motorcycle helmet use is of Fall each year except in
2002 (June).
b Includes pickup trucks, vans, minivans, and sport utility vehicles.
c In 1994, operators and riders were counted as helmeted if wearing
any type of helmet. Since then, only those operators and riders wearing safety
helmets that met U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) standards were counted.
Those safety helmets that do not meet DOT standards were treated as if the operator/rider
were not wearing a helmet.
NOTE
Occupants of commercial and emergency vehicles are excluded.
SOURCES
Safety belt use:
1994-2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Safety Belt and Helmet Use in 2002 -- Overall Results,
DOT HS 809 500 (Washington, DC: 2002), table 1, Internet site
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/Rpts/2002/809-500.pdf
as of January 2003. Data are from the National Occupant Protection Use Survey
(NOPUS).
Motorcycle helmet use:
1994-98: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Research Note, Observed Safety Belt Use in 1998 (Washington,
DC: September 1999), Internet site
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/RNotes/1999/98obbelt.html
as of January 2003, table 3.
2000, 2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Safety Belt and Helmet Use in 2002 -- Overall Results, DOT HS
809 500 (Washington, DC: 2002), table 6, Internet site
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/Rpts/2002/809-500.pdf
as of January 2003. Data are from the National Occupant Protection Use Survey
(NOPUS).
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