Seat Belts: Effcetiveness of Mandatory Use Requirements
840329
02/01/1984
- Event
- Content
- The measured impact of mandatory seat belt usage regulations on automobile safety and accident severity appears to be substantially less than anticipated. A review of accident data collected by a number of countries, before and after implementation of a mandatory use law, indicates that mandatory seat belt usage made a measurable impact on safety only after the passenger belt usage rate rose above 60%. Data from these countries also indicate that user compliance above 60% is attainable only with rigorous usage enforcement programs.
- Pages
- 11
- Citation
- McCarthy, R., Taylor, R., Sanford, S., and Lange, R., "Seat Belts: Effcetiveness of Mandatory Use Requirements," SAE Technical Paper 840329, 1984, https://doi.org/10.4271/840329.