GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCTING A SURVEY OF THE USE OF SAFETY BELTS AND CHILD SAFETY SEATS

This manual provides guidance for conducting observational surveys to assess the usage of safety belts and child safety seats. Observation surveys are generally included as one aspect of evaluations to assess the effectiveness of programs to increase the usage of occupant protection systems. Other evaluation aspects can include telephone surveys to assess peoples attitudes and use of restraints. Observational surveys are desirable because they are a direct measurement of occupant protection usage as opposed to "claimed" usage. This manual is divided into four sections. Section I describes how to select the traffic sites and shopping centers to be used as observation points. Section II presents sampling procedures that can be used to obtain the desired data and includes suggestions for data analysis. Section III recommends specific data collection requirements for driver and passenger studies along with some general training guidelines. Section IV, which can be detached from the manual for purposes of reproduction, provides specific data collection instructions for observers along with sample data forms.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1381
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Distribution from the Seat Belt Task Force at NHTSA is limited.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  Office of Driver and Pedestrian Programs, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ziegler, P N
• Publication Date: 1983-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 23 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Child restraint systems; Data analysis; Data collection; Field studies; Forms (Documents); Guidelines; Manual safety belts; Manuals; Mathematical analysis; Sampling; Surveys; Training; Utilization
• Old TRIS Terms: Field observation
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00384518
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-806 467
• Files: HSL, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM