Seat Belt Use on North Dakota Rural Roads, 2016
North Dakota crash reports show that nearly 82% of fatal crashes occurred on non-interstate rural roads over the past five years. A total of 5,535 driver observations were collected at 143 sites across 24 rural counties. Seat belt use was found to be significantly different on rural highways and in rural towns. Highway seat belt use rose slightly from 67.2% in 2015 to 67.8% in 2016. Average observed highway use rates ranged from 55.5% to 82.0% on rural highways in individual counties and from 20.2% to 58.3% in rural towns between 2014 and 2016. The survey indicates a 19.5 percentage point increase in rural highway seat belt use compared to average use between 2009 and 2011. Seat belt use remains significantly higher in the eastern regions compared to the west.
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Corporate Authors:
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
North Dakota State University
1320 Albrecht Boulevard
Fargo, ND United States 581052North Dakota Department of Transportation
Bismarck, ND United States 58505National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Vachal, Kimberly
- Benson, Laurel
- Publication Date: 2016-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 37p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Highway safety; Rural areas; Rural highways; Seat belt use; Trend (Statistics)
- Geographic Terms: North Dakota
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01613854
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Oct 21 2016 4:35PM