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Corporate Creators:
Canada. Road Safety
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Age Groups Gender Highway Safety Human Factors Rural Areas Seat Belts Statistics Tables (Data) Urban Areas Vehicle Occupants
Publication/ Report Number:
TP 2436E
Resource Type:
Dataset
Geographical Coverage:
Canada
Corporate Publisher:
Canada. Transport Canada
NTL Classification:
NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors;
Abstract:
The September 2002 and September 2003 surveys were the first of their kind: the first to

measure the seat belt usage rate separately in rural Canada and urban Canada. Rural Canada was

defined as towns with a population of less than 10,000 but more than 1,000 that are located

outside any census metropolitan area, as defined by Statistics Canada’s 2001 national census.

Urban Canada was defined as communities with a population over 10,000, plus those

communities with a population of less than 10,000 that are located within a census metropolitan

area.

The rural survey targeted front seat occupants of passenger cars, pickup trucks, and minivans and

sport utility vehicles (SUVs). It was conducted at intersections with stop signs, which did not

provide sufficient vehicle stopping time to observe the back seat occupants. The survey occurred

over the week of September 23 to September 29, 2002, and involved two separate observation

periods at each of 124 sites. Each observation period was two hours long and took place during

daylight hours (between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.). A total of 35,402 vehicles and 48,115

occupants were observed during the course of the study. The urban survey targeted all occupants of passenger cars, pickup trucks, and minivans and

SUVs. Most intersections had traffic lights, which allow sufficient vehicle stopping time to

observe all occupants. This survey, which was conducted over the week of September 22 to

September 28, 2003, involved two separate observation periods at each of 260 sites. Each

observation period was one hour long and took place during daylight hours (between 6:30 a.m.

and 7:30 p.m.). A total of 69,983 vehicles and 103,451 occupants were observed during the

course of the study.

During the two surveys, therefore, a total of 105,385 vehicles and 151,566 occupants were

observed at 384 sites across Canada. For the purposes of this report, when we combine the data

from the two surveys, the rates of seat belt use are calculated only for front seat occupants.


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Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection
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urn:sha256:849414f5ea8698e683dfd4246e8a28379c4336c559d407df5f7ebd38924dd291
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/6385/dot_6385_DS1.pdf
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