National occupant protection use survey : controlled intersection study

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Corporate Contributors:
  National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Restraint systems
  • Child restraint systems
  • Seat belts
  • Shoulder harnesses
  • Surveys
  • Tables (Data)
  • Statistics
  • National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS)
  • Passenger restraints
  • Use statistics
• Publication/ Report Number:
  HS-042 397;HS-042 727
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1404537
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00743841
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Surveys ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Vehicle Design ; NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics
• Abstract:
  In late 1994, NHTSA conducted the National Occupant Protection Use Survey ; (NOPUS). NOPUS is composed of three separate studies: the moving traffic study ; which provides information on overall shoulder belt use, the controlled ; intersection study which provides more detailed information about shoulder belt ; use by type of vehicle, characteristics of the belt users and child restraint ; use, and the shopping center study which provides information on rear-seat belt ; use and shoulder belt misuse. This note presents the first results from the ; controlled intersection study. Restraint use was observed for 72,000 drivers and ; 21,000 passengers in 50,000 passenger cars and 22,000 light trucks. Pairs of ; observers recorded shoulder belt use for drivers and right-front passengers of ; passenger cars and light trucks (vans, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and ; pickup trucks), the vehicle's license plate number, and the age group, sex and ; race of the observed person. Age, sex, and race were based on the best judgment ; of the observers. Child restraint information was collected for children under ; five in the front and second seats of the vehicle. Every day of the week and ; all daylight hours (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) were covered by the study. Commercial and ; emergency vehicles were excluded.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4488/dot_4488_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 71.58 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:df91daedc1c74406a99ac7de8742cbd847cb8f6bc0952c630aa439ad96cf0409