VICTORIA AND THE SEAT BELT LAW, 1971 ON

This report describes the methods and analyses used in the study of the effects of compulsory seat belt wearing law in Victoria (Australia) and presents results on wearing rates, driver attitudes, and the effect of seat belts in accidents. Considerable savings in casualties have accrued from 1971 to the present time. Current wearing rates are around 90%, and probably 14,000 casualties have been saved over four years, 1971-1974.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Human Factors Society

  Johns Hopkins University Press
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21218
• Authors:
  • Andreassend, D
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 593-600
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Behavior; Crash severity; Drivers; Laws; Manual safety belts; Seat belts; Traffic crashes
• Geographic Terms: Victoria (Australia)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156379
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM