FACTORS INFLUENCING THE USE OF SAFETY-BELTS. A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW
FACTOREN DIE VAN INVLOED ZIJN OP AUTOGORDELGEBRUIK. EEN SYSTEMATISCH LITERATUUROVERZICHT
In June 1975 the use of safety belts became mandatory for front seat passengers in the Netherlands. The percentages of use are now about 65% outside built-up areas and about 50% inside built up areas. The legal duty to use safety belts has not been sufficient until now to make all front seat passengers and drivers use safety belts under all traffic conditions. There are many studies and reports published on the use of safety belts. This report tries to give review of this literature making a systematic inventory of the research results concerning the explanations for using or for not using safety belts. The structural division of variables influencing the use or abuse of safety belts are: (1) demographic variables (sex, age, education, sociology, driving experience, accident rate); (2) situational variables (rural area, urban area, journey distance, weekday, weather, surface, model of car, publicity, legislation, police enforcement); (3) interaction between demographic and situational variables; and (4) psychological variables (personality, attitude, risk perception, risk comprehension). See also IRRD 820538. (TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Werkgroep Veiligheid
Rijnsburgerweg 100
Leiden, Netherlands -
Authors:
- Plaizier, P C
- Publication Date: 1987
Language
- Dutch
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 134 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Age; Crash rates; Education; Females; Human beings; Law enforcement; Legislation; Manual safety belts; Mathematical models; Motor skills; Psychology; Publicity; Rural areas; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Front; Models; Use
- Geographic Terms: Netherlands
- ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 1757: Age; 2284: Education; 1534: Enforcement (law); 9025: Front; 1556: Legislation; 1787: Man; 6205: Model (not math); 8078: Netherlands; 2255: Psychology; 8573: Publicity; 328: Rural area; 1476: Safety belt; 2205: Skill (road user); 313: Urban area; 9084: Use; 1788: Woman
- Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00492458
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- Report/Paper Numbers: R-87-14
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM