INSURANCE INCENTIVES AND SEAT BELT USE

In 1983, Nationwide Insurance Company increased compensation payments for its clients injured or killed in a motor vehicle crash while using a seat belt. A survey of belt use was undertaken in the month after all those so insured had been informed of the change. Belt use by drivers insured by Nationwide was not significantly different from that of drivers insured by other companies. The incentive appears to have had no apparent effect on belt use.

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  American Public Health Association

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• Authors:
  • Robertson, L S
• Publication Date: 1984-10

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Volume: 74
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: American Public Health Association
  • ISSN: 0090-0036
  • EISSN: 1541-0048
  • Serial URL: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/loi/ajph

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Employee compensation; Incentives; Insurance; Manual safety belts; Psychological aspects; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Compensation; Rewards
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394739
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 839
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM