EVALUATION OF A CENSUS TO DETERMINE SAFETY BELT USE, SEPTEMBER 1978

GRUNDAUSWERTUNG DER VERKEHRSERHEBUNG ZUM SICHERHEITSGURTANLEGEVERHALTEN VOM SEPTEMBER 1978

FROM THE 1978 CENSUS ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY BELTS AND USE OF THE BELTS IT IS APPARENT THAT NEARLY ALL PASSENGER CARS ARE EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY BELTS, GIVEN A VALUE OF 96 PERCENT OF ALL VEHICLES FITTED WITH SAFETY BELTS. AVERAGE BELT USE, WHICH HAD INCREASED BY 6 PERCENT IN THE 6 MONTHS SINCE THE PREVIOUS SURVEY, WAS ABOUT 57 PERCENT; IF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROAD WERE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY THE GREATEST INCREASE IN BELT USE WAS ON OPEN ROADS, USE BEING AT ITS HIGHEST ON MOTORWAYS (79 PERCENT). A TABLE SHOWS BELT INSTALLATION AND BELT USE FIGURES FOR DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1974 TO SEPTEMBER 1978.

  • Corporate Authors:

    Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)

    Brüderstraße 53
    Bergisch Gladbach,   Germany  51427
  • Authors:
    • MEYER, L
  • Publication Date: 1978-11

Language

  • German

Media Info

  • Pagination: 7P

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01289178
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 1:39AM