For whom didn’t it click? A study of the non-use of seat belts in motor vehicle fatalities in New Zealand

The aim of this research was to determine profiles of a representative sample of seat belt non-users who were killed in motor vehicle crashes in New Zealand between 2011-2015. A Safe System analysis of 186 vehicle occupant fatality reports (n=200 fatalities) was conducted and 63 variables were coded for each case. A Multiple Correspondence Analysis explored relationships between the variables and identified five clusters of individuals with similar characteristics. The profiles were: ‘young and risky’; ‘driving for work’; ‘elderly and retired’; ‘passengers from overseas’; and ‘people driving in rural settings’. Initiatives to reduce seat belt non-use road deaths should consider what will most likely influence these various groups, acknowledging that each profile may need to be targeted with a different approach.

• Record URL:
  • http://acrs.org.au/publications/acrs-conference-papers/acrs-database/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Extended abstract only
• Authors:
  • Hirsch, L
  • Mackie, H
  • Scott, R
  • dePont, J
  • Douglas, S
  • Thomsen, D
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2018, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Publication Date: 2018-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 3p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 2018 Australasian Road Safety Conference, 3-5 October, Sydney, New South Wales

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Drivers; Fatalities; Restraint systems; Rural areas; Seat belts; Work trips; Young adults
• Geographic Terms: New Zealand
• ATRI Terms: Aged driver; Fatality; Journey to work; Restraint; Rural area; Seat belt; Young driver
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01704251
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: May 2 2019 2:18PM