Seat belt use rates in the United States
Seat belt use rates in the United States has been rising steadily since 1983, from 14% to 86% in 2012. Seat belt use in the country in 2012 ranged from a minimum of 66.5% in South Dakota to a maximum of 96.9% in Washington. Other states and territories with use rates of 90% and higher include California, Washington D.C., Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington.[1]
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 2008 survey, seat belt use remained lower among 16- to 24-year-olds than other age groups, with a rate of 77%; and also was lower among African Americans than other races, with a use rate of 75%. The survey also found that seat belt use continued to be higher among females (86%) than males (79%).[2]
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 2013 survey, seat belt use in jurisdictions with stronger seatbelt enforcement laws continue to exhibit generally higher use rates than those with weaker laws.[3]
The following list shows national percentage of people wearing seat belts between 1983 and 2013:[citation needed]
| Historical seat belt use in the United States 1983-2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | % | Year | % | Year | % |
| 2013 | 87[3] | 2001 | 73[4] | 1989 | 46 |
| 2012 | 86[1] | 2000 | 71[4] | 1988 | 45 |
| 2011 | 84[5] | 1999 | 67[4] | 1987 | 42 |
| 2010 | 85[6] | 1998 | 65[4] | 1986 | 37 |
| 2009 | 84[7] | 1997 | 69 | 1985 | 21 |
| 2008 | 83[2] | 1996 | 61[4] | 1984 | 14 |
| 2007 | 82[2] | 1995 | 68 | 1983 | 14 |
| 2006 | 81[4] | 1994 | 58[4] | ||
| 2005 | 82[4] | 1993 | 66 | ||
| 2004 | 80[4] | 1992 | 62 | ||
| 2003 | 79[4] | 1991 | 59 | ||
| 2002 | 75[4] | 1990 | 49 | ||
The only years in which the rate did not increase were 1994, when usage dropped eight percentage points, 1996, when usage dropped seven percentage points, and 2006, when usage dropped one percentage point.[4]
Seat belt usage by state/territory
| STATE | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 77.40 | 80.00 | 81.80 | 82.90 | 82.30 | 86.10 | 90.00 | 91.40 | 88.00 | 88.9 | 97.3 |
| Alaska | 78.90 | 76.70 | 78.40 | 83.20 | 82.40 | 84.90 | 86.10 | 86.80 | 89.30 | 88.1 | 86.1 |
| Arizona | 86.20 | 95.30 | 94.20 | 78.90 | 80.90 | 79.90 | 80.80 | 81.80 | 82.90 | 82.2 | 84.7 |
| Arkansas | 62.80 | 64.20 | 68.30 | 69.30 | 69.90 | 70.40 | 74.40 | 78.30 | 78.40 | 71.9 | 76.7 |
| California | 91.20 | 90.40 | 92.50 | 93.40 | 94.60 | 95.70 | 95.30 | 96.20 | 96.60 | 95.5 | 97.4 |
| Colorado | 77.70 | 79.30 | 79.20 | 80.30 | 81.10 | 81.70 | 81.10 | 82.90 | 82.10 | 80.7 | 82.1 |
| Connecticut | 78.00 | 82.90 | 81.60 | 83.50 | 85.80 | 88.00 | 85.90 | 88.20 | 88.40 | 86.8 | 86.6 |
| Delaware | 74.90 | 82.30 | 83.80 | 86.10 | 86.60 | 91.30 | 88.40 | 90.70 | 90.30 | 87.9 | 92.2 |
| District of Columbia | 84.90 | 87.10 | 88.80 | 85.40 | 87.10 | 90.00 | 93.00 | 92.30 | 95.20 | 92.4 | 87.5 |
| Florida | 72.60 | 76.30 | 73.90 | 80.70 | 79.10 | 81.70 | 85.20 | 87.40 | 88.10 | 87.4 | 87.2 |
| Georgia | 84.50 | 86.70 | 89.90 | 90.00 | 89.00 | 89.60 | 88.90 | 89.60 | 93.00 | 93.4 | 95.5 |
| Hawaii | 91.80 | 95.10 | 95.30 | 92.50 | 97.60 | 97.00 | 97.90 | 97.60 | 96.00 | 93.4 | 94.0 |
| Idaho | 71.70 | 74.00 | 76.00 | 79.80 | 78.50 | 76.90 | 79.20 | 77.90 | 79.10 | 79.0 | 81.6 |
| Illinois | 80.10 | 83.00 | 86.00 | 87.80 | 90.10 | 90.50 | 91.70 | 92.60 | 92.90 | 93.6 | 93.7 |
| Indiana | 82.30 | 83.40 | 81.20 | 84.30 | 87.90 | 91.20 | 92.60 | 92.40 | 93.20 | 93.6 | 91.6 |
| Iowa | 86.80 | 86.40 | 87.10 | 89.60 | 91.30 | 92.90 | 93.10 | 93.10 | 93.50 | 93.6 | 91.9 |
| Kansas | 63.60 | 68.30 | 69.00 | 73.50 | 75.00 | 77.40 | 77.00 | 81.80 | 82.90 | 79.5 | 80.7 |
| Kentucky | 65.50 | 66.00 | 66.70 | 67.20 | 71.80 | 73.30 | 79.70 | 80.30 | 82.20 | 83.7 | 85.0 |
| Louisiana | 73.80 | 75.00 | 77.70 | 74.80 | 75.20 | 75.50 | 74.50 | 75.90 | 77.70 | 79.3 | 82.5 |
| Maine | N/A | 72.30 | 75.80 | 77.20 | 79.80 | 83.00 | 82.60 | 82.00 | 81.60 | 84.4 | 83.0 |
| Maryland | 87.90 | 89.00 | 91.10 | 91.10 | 93.10 | 93.30 | 94.00 | 94.70 | 94.20 | 91.1 | 90.7 |
| Massachusetts | 61.70 | 63.30 | 64.80 | 66.90 | 68.70 | 66.80 | 73.60 | 73.70 | 73.20 | 72.7 | 74.8 |
| Michigan | 84.80 | 90.50 | 92.90 | 94.30 | 93.70 | 97.20 | 98.00 | 95.20 | 94.50 | 93.6 | 93.0 |
| Minnesota | 79.40 | 82.10 | 83.90 | 83.30 | 87.80 | 86.70 | 90.20 | 92.30 | 92.70 | 93.6 | 94.8 |
| Mississippi | 62.20 | 63.20 | 60.80 | 73.60 | 71.80 | 71.30 | 76.00 | 81.00 | 81.90 | 83.2 | 74.4 |
| Missouri | 72.90 | 75.90 | 77.40 | 75.20 | 77.20 | 75.80 | 77.20 | 76.00 | 79.00 | 79.4 | 80.1 |
| Montana | 79.50 | 80.90 | 80.00 | 79.00 | 79.60 | 79.30 | 79.20 | 78.90 | 76.90 | 76.3 | 74.0 |
| Nebraska | 76.10 | 79.20 | 79.20 | 76.00 | 78.70 | 82.60 | 84.80 | 84.10 | 84.20 | 78.6 | 79.1 |
| Nevada | 78.70 | 86.60 | 94.80 | 91.20 | 92.20 | 90.90 | 91.00 | 93.20 | 94.10 | 90.5 | 94.8 |
| New Hampshire | 49.60 | N/A | N/A | 63.50 | 63.80 | 69.20 | 68.90 | 72.20 | 75.00 | 68.6 | 73.0 |
| New Jersey | 81.20 | 82.00 | 86.00 | 90.00 | 91.40 | 91.80 | 92.70 | 93.70 | 94.50 | 88.3 | 91.0 |
| New Mexico | 87.20 | 89.70 | 89.50 | 89.60 | 91.50 | 91.10 | 90.10 | 89.80 | 90.50 | 91.4 | 92.0 |
| New York | 84.60 | 85.00 | 85.00 | 83.00 | 83.50 | 89.10 | 88.00 | 89.80 | 90.50 | 90.4 | 91.1 |
| North Carolina | 86.10 | 86.10 | 86.70 | 88.50 | 88.80 | 89.80 | 89.50 | 89.70 | 89.50 | 87.5 | 88.6 |
| North Dakota | 63.70 | 67.40 | 76.30 | 79.00 | 82.20 | 81.60 | 81.50 | 74.80 | 76.70 | 80.9 | 77.7 |
| Ohio | 74.70 | 74.10 | 78.70 | 81.70 | 81.60 | 82.70 | 83.60 | 83.80 | 84.10 | 82.0 | 84.5 |
| Oklahoma | 76.70 | 80.30 | 83.10 | 83.70 | 83.10 | 84.30 | 84.20 | 85.90 | 85.90 | 83.8 | 83.6 |
| Oregon | 90.40 | 92.60 | 93.30 | 94.10 | 95.30 | 96.30 | 96.60 | 97.00 | 96.60 | 96.8 | 98.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 79.00 | 81.80 | 83.30 | 86.30 | 86.70 | 85.10 | 87.90 | 86.00 | 83.80 | 83.5 | 84.0 |
| Rhode Island | 74.20 | 76.20 | 74.70 | 74.00 | 79.10 | 72.00 | 74.70 | 78.00 | 80.40 | 77.5 | 85.6 |
| South Carolina | 72.80 | 65.70 | 69.70 | 72.50 | 74.50 | 79.00 | 81.50 | ||||
| South Dakota | 69.90 | 69.40 | 68.80 | 71.30 | 73.00 | 71.80 | 72.10 | 74.50 | 73.40 | 66.5 | 69.7 |
| Tennessee | 68.50 | 72.00 | 74.40 | 78.60 | 80.20 | 81.50 | 80.60 | 87.10 | 87.40 | 83.7 | 84.8 |
| Texas | 84.30 | 83.20 | 89.90 | 90.40 | 91.80 | 91.20 | 92.90 | 93.80 | 93.70 | 94.0 | 90.3 |
| Utah | 85.20 | 85.70 | 86.90 | 88.60 | 86.80 | 86.00 | 86.10 | 89.00 | 89.20 | 81.9 | 82.4 |
| Vermont | 82.40 | 79.90 | 84.70 | 82.40 | 87.10 | 87.30 | 85.30 | 85.20 | 84.70 | 84.2 | 84.9 |
| Virginia | 74.60 | 79.90 | 80.40 | 78.70 | 79.90 | 80.60 | 82.30 | 80.50 | 81.80 | 78.4 | 79.7 |
| Washington | 94.80 | 94.20 | 95.20 | 96.30 | 96.40 | 96.50 | 96.40 | 97.60 | 97.50 | 96.9 | 94.5 |
| West Virginia | 73.60 | 75.80 | 84.90 | 88.50 | 89.60 | 89.50 | 87.00 | 82.10 | 84.90 | 84.0 | 82.2 |
| Wisconsin | 69.80 | 72.40 | 73.30 | 75.40 | 75.30 | 74.20 | 73.80 | 79.20 | 79.00 | 79.9 | 82.4 |
| Wyoming | N/A | 70.10 | N/A | 63.50 | 72.20 | 68.60 | 67.60 | 78.90 | 82.60 | 77.0 | 81.9 |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. DOT HS 811 809: A Brief Statistical Summary
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. DOT HS 811 183: Traffic Safety Facts - A Research Note
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. DOT HS 812 030: A Brief Statistical Summary
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.DOT HS 811 544: Traffic Safety Facts - A Research Note
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. DOT HS 811 651: A Brief Statistical Summary
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. DOT HS 811 493: A Brief Statistical Summary
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. DOT HS 811 324: A Brief Statistical Summary
External links
- U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
