United States Department of Transportation
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Restraint System Usage in the Traffic Population. 1983 Annual Report
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1984-07-01
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Abstract:This report presents findings from four independent studies on occupant restraint use for various segments of the traffic population. Field observations, collected in 19 U.S. cities from November, 1982 through December, 1983, are basis for this report. The four studies and their findings are as follows: (1) Driver Safety Belt Use: A total of 146,305 drivers stopped for traffic signals were observed during the 14 month period. 14.0 percent were observed to wear safety belts. (2) Passenger Safety Belt and Child Safety Seat Use: findings from this study are based on 114,470 passengers observed at shopping mall entrances and exits. For infants and toddlers, child safety seat usage was observed to be 60.4 and 37.8 percent, respectively. The percent of subteens wearing safety belts was observed to be 8.6 percent while teens and adults were observed wearing safety belts in 7.0 and 10.5 percent of the observations, respectively. (3) Safety Seat Installation Characteristics: Observations were recorded on a total of 3,518 child safety seats in vehicles parked at shopping malls and 83.3 percent were observed in the toddler mode. Seat belts were installed incorrectly in approximately 34 percent of toddler seat observations. For toddler seat that required tethering and belting, tethers were not used or used incorrectly in approximately 80 percent of the observations. (4) Helmet Use by Operators and Passengers of Motorcycles and Mopeds: Driver and passenger helmet use was observed to be 66.6 and 61.2 percent, respectively, for 21,414 motorcycle observations. Moped observations totalled 1,793 and helmet use among drivers and passengers was observed to be 34.7 and 26.2 percent, respectively. /Abstract from report summary page/
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