2015 safety belt usage survey in Kentucky.

Details

• Creators:
  Agent, Kenneth R. ; Green, Eric R. ; Fields, Michael A.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Kentucky Transportation Center ; Kentucky. Transportation Cabinet
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Child Safety Seats Data Collection Manual Safety Belts State Laws Surveys
• Publication/ Report Number:
  KTC-15-15/KSP1-15-1F
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Kentucky ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Kentucky Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  The use of safety belts and child safety seats has been shown to be an effective means of
  
  reducing injuries to motor-vehicle occupants involved in traffic crashes. There have been various
  
  methods used in efforts to increase safety belt and safety seat usage. Past efforts have included
  
  public information campaigns, local and statewide legislation, and enforcement of the legislation.
  
  Most recently, Kentucky changed the statewide legislation requiring the use of safety belts
  
  for all vehicle occupants from secondary to primary enforcement. A statewide law providing
  
  secondary enforcement was passed in 1994, with the primary enforcement law passed in 2006. The
  
  first legislation in this area in Kentucky was a law enacted by the 1982 Kentucky General Assembly.
  
  This required the use of a “child restraint system” for children 40 inches or less in height. Prior to
  
  the statewide law, local safety belt usage laws were enacted in several jurisdictions in Kentucky.
  
  The first such local law, which became effective in July 1990, was enacted by the Lexington-Fayette
  
  Urban County Government.
  
  The objective of the survey summarized in this report was to establish a statewide safety belt
  
  usage rate in Kentucky for 2015. This rate can be compared to those determined from previous
  
  surveys. The 2015 statewide survey documents the continued increase in usage associated with the
  
  change in the law to allow primary enforcement and related education and enforcement.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a1de40d83bd8f730125aa1447f5d6548ae09beda8356bb9f9fb94a34b4c83588
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31073/dot_31073_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.02 MB ]