SEAT BELTS: FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR USE - A LITERATURE SURVEY

THE REVIEW IS BASED ON STUDIES RELEVANT TO SEAT BELT USE, REPORTED BETWEEN 1960 AND 1970 FROM ENGLAND, FINLAND, SWEDEN AND THE U.S.A. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE OUTPUT FROM ALL THE RESEARCH ACTIVITY ON THIS PROBLEM AREA MUST BE CONSIDERED MEAGER THE MOST CONSISTENT FINDINGS BEING THE DIFFERENCES IN USE LEVELS BETWEEN HIGHWAY AND CITY DRIVING AND THE RELATION OF BELT USAGE AND EDUCATIONAL LEVEL. CAMPAIGN EFFECTS GENERALLY SEEM TO HAVE BEEN SMALL OR NONE AT ALL. POSSIBLE RESONS FOR THIS ARE DISCUSSED AND TENTATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE. A FEW PROBLEM AREAS IN NEED OF RESEARCH ARE SUGGESTED.

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• Authors:
  • Fhaner, G
  • Hane, M
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 27-43
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Education; Manual safety belts; Rural areas; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222237
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1973 12:00AM