STATE-WIDE SHOULDER BELT USAGE BY TYPE OF ROADWAY AND POSTED SPEED LIMIT: A THREE-YEAR COMPARISON

Three federally funded surveys of almost half a million drivers and right front passengers of cars and minivans in Ohio provided immensive data on shoulder belt use. Shoulder belt use was found to be significantly related to three variables of special interest: (1) the type of roadway; (2) average daily traffic; and (3) posted speed limit of each of the 399 different observation sites in each of the three surveys. Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that, of the three independent variables considered, 90 percent of the multiple r2 was attributable to the relationship between speed limit and the rate of belt usage. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 873507.

• Corporate Authors:

  ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE (AAAM)

  2350 EAST DEVON AVENUE, SUITE 205
  DES PLAINES,   United States  60018
• Authors:
  • MONROE BARNER, B
  • LEVY, P S
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE, SEPTEMBER 21-23, 1994, LYON, FRANCE
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 61-74

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Education; Forecasting; Highway design; Manual safety belts; Mathematical models; Publicity; Regression analysis; Shoulder; Speed limits
• Uncontrolled Terms: Use
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 2284: Education; 132: Forecast; 2855: Highway design; 6473: Mathematical model; 8573: Publicity; 6588: Regression analysis; 1476: Safety belt; 2014: Shoulder (human); 624: Speed limit; 8122: USA; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00714307
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 27 1995 12:00AM