SURVEY OF RESTRAINT AVAILABILITY

To determine the level of restraint availability amongst passenger vehicles, a total of 2,005 vehicles were sampled at 10 separate locations in metropolitan Adelaide. The results indicate that for the front outboard seating positions, restraints were available in 99.2 per cent of vehicles surveyed. Of these restraints, 85.7 per cent were inertia reel belts, 14.2 per cent were lap sash belts and, 0.1 per cent were lap belts. For the rear outboard seating positions, restraints were available in 94.8 per cent of vehicles surveyed. Of these restraints, 45.4 per cent were inertia reel, 54.2 per cent were lap sash belts, and 0.4 per cent were lap belts. For the centre rear seating position, restraints were available in 81.1 per cent of vehicles. For the front centre position, a seat was present in 116 vehicles. For these vehicles, a restraint was available in the front centre position in 52.6 per cent of cases. Analysis of the results on the basis of socioeconomic rating indicates that vehicles observed in areas with a low socioeconomic rating were more likely not to have restraints fitted than vehicles observed in areas with a high socioeconomic rating. For the front outboard positions, restraints were available in 97 per cent of vehicles in the area with the lowest socioeconomic rating and 99.8 per cent of vehicles in the areas with the highest socioeconomic rating. For the front centre position, restraints were available in 23.8 per cent of vehicles in the area with the lowest socioeconomic rating and 100 per cent of vehicles in the areas with the highest socioeconomic rating. For the rear centre position, restraints were available in 63.2 per cent of vehicles in the area with the lowest socioeconomic rating and 80.7 per cent of vehicles in the areas with the highest socioeconomic rating. For the front outboard positions, the ratio of inertia reel to lap sash belts varied from 3.3 in the area with the lowest socioeconomic rating to 10.4 in the areas with the highest socioeconomic rating. For the rear outboard positions, the ratio of inertia reel to lap sash belts varied from 0.5 in the area with the lowest socioeconomic rating to 1.6 in the areas with the highest socioeconomic rating.

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• Corporate Authors:

  South Australia Department of Transport, Australia

  Victoria Square
  Adelaide, South Australia,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Trembath, R
• Publication Date: 1988-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 19 p.
• Serial:
  • Report Series
  • Issue Number: 10/8
  • Publisher: South Australia Department of Transport, Australia
  • ISSN: 0818-0664

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economics; Manual safety belts; Restraint systems; Seat belts; Seats; Sociology; Urban areas; Vehicle rear end; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Front; Observation; Rear
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 255: Economics; 9025: Front; 1466: Passive safety system; 9067: Rear; 1476: Safety belt; 1388: Seat (veh); 2253: Sociology; 9101: Surveillance; 313: Urban area; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Economics; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00487283
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: 8
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM