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U.S. MUTCD seat belt symbol Seat belt use rates in the United States have been rising steadily since 1983, from 14% to 90% in 2016. Seat belt use in the country in 2016 ranged from a minimum of 70.2% in New Hampshire to a maximum of 96.9% in Georgia. 19 states had use rates above 90%.
Most seat belt laws in the United States are left to state law. However, the recommended age for a child to sit in the front passenger seat is 13. The first seat belt law was a federal law, Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Safety Standard, which took effect on January 1, 1968, that required all vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating ...
Corrected AR, MN, WI which all have primary laws; added US territories; changed color scheme, in part to reflect primary/secondary hybrid states as a mix of the colors of those states. 11:54, 30 June 2009: 959 × 593 (82 KB) BucsWeb: Changed color of Florida since it is now a primary offense: 02:32, 12 September 2007: 959 × 593 (82 KB)
Seat belt use reduces the risk of death and serious injury by about half for older children and adults. (CDC) Children under one year old should always ride in a rear-facing car seat.
Pueblo has seen an increase in its seat belt usage among drivers, according to a CDOT survey. Last year, Pueblo had the worse usage rate in the state. 'Heading in the right direction': Survey ...
CDOT officials returned to Pueblo Wednesday to address the county's seat belt usage, which improved this year but remains behind the state average. Colorado transportation agency buckling down on ...
The same study indicated that in 2007, an estimated 15,147 lives were saved by seat belts in the United States and that if seat belt use were increased to 100 percent, an additional 5024 lives would have been saved. [44] An earlier statistical analysis by the NHTSA claimed that seat belts save over 10,000 lives every year in the US. [45]
Seat belt use rates in 2017 metrics might be part of some safety process. ... United States: 90.1 90.1 74.8 90.5 Uruguay: ... which will be known as the Chart ...