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Safety
Belt Use in 2004 – Overall Results
Donna Glassbrenner, Ph.D.
In June 2004, safety belt use in the U.S. reached 80%, the highest
level yet recorded. This result is from the National Occupant Protection
Use Survey (NOPUS), which provides the only probability-based observed
data on safety belt use in the United States. The NOPUS is conducted
annually by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis in the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The 2004 survey also found the following:
- The overall use rate of 80% was not statistically
higher than the use rate in 2003 of 79%. However statistically significant
increases in belt use occurred on expressways and in suburban areas.
- Belt use is statistically lower in States with
secondary belt enforcement laws than in States with primary laws,
and lower in rural areas than in urban or suburban areas.
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