The Effectiveness Of Safety Belts In Preventing Fatalities

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The Effectiveness of Safety Belts in Preventing Fatalities

Author : Leonard Evans,General Motors Corporation. Research Laboratories
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : NWU:35556021363452

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The Effectiveness of Safety Belts in Preventing Fatalities by Leonard Evans,General Motors Corporation. Research Laboratories Pdf

The effectiveness of safety belts in preventing fatalities to drivers and to passengers seated in the right front seat of cars involved in crashes is determined using the double pair comparison method described in a just issued paper. All available complete years (1975 through 1983) of data in the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) are used. The double pair comparison method focuses on crashes by cars containing a "subject" occupant (a driver or right front passenger) and an "other" occupant (any other occupant in the car except the subject occupant). The other occupant acts essentially to estimate exposure, so that fatality risk to the subject when belted and unbelted may be compared relatively free from biasses due to confounding factors. In this study, drivers and right front passengers are subject occupants; by choosing a variety of other occupants (of different ages, seating positions, and belt use) 46 essentially independent estimates of safety belt effectiveness and associated standard errors are obtained.

Safety Belt Effectiveness in Preventing Driver Fatalities Versus a Number of Vehicular, Accident, Roadway and Environmental Factors

Author : Leonard Evans,Michael C. Frick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : NWU:35556021027834

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Highway Safety

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127338262

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Highway Safety by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Accident reports show that most of the 40,000 people killed annually in traffic crashes in the United States were not using safety belts. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that over 16,000 lives could be saved annually if all front seat occupants wore safety belts. To assist ongoing federal and state deliberations on safety belt safety, the Chairman, Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the Ranking Minority Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, asked GAO to evaluate and summarize existing studies on safety belts. This report focuses on the (l) effectiveness of safety belts in reducing deaths and serious injuries, (2) impact of state safety belt use laws on fatality and serious injury rates, and (3) costs that society incurs when unbelted motor vehicle occupants are involved in accidents.

Highway Safety

Author : U. S. Government Accountability Office (
Publisher : BiblioGov
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1289052956

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Highway Safety by U. S. Government Accountability Office ( Pdf

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated studies on safety belt laws, focusing on: (1) safety belts' effectiveness in reducing fatalities and severe injuries; (2) the effectiveness of safety belt mandatory use laws; and (3) the societal costs incurred when people who do not wear safety belts are involved in accidents. GAO found that: (1) 21 safety belt effectiveness studies comparing death and serious injuries experienced by belted occupants with unbelted occupants show that belt use reduces both the fatality rate and the serious injury rate by 50 to 75 percent in motor vehicle accidents; (2) although the studies vary in methodologies used and data source approaches, 13 studies that specifically analyzed occupant deaths showed that the fatality rates for belted occupants ranged from 41 to 94 percent lower than the rates for unbelted occupants; (3) 11 studies comparing injuries received by belted and unbelted occupants show that injury levels for belted occupants range from 17 to 88 percent lower than the rates for unbelted occupants; (4) 22 studies evaluating the effectiveness of mandatory safety belt use laws show that state laws have been effective overall in preventing deaths and reducing injuries; (5) 17 studies show that laws requiring safety belt use reduce fatality rates by 5 to 20 percent, while 14 additional studies also show that most injury reductions range from 5 to 20 percent; (6) many existing state laws mandating safety belt use could be strengthened by including coverage to rear seat occupants, extending coverage to light trucks and vans, and facilitating fines for not using safety belts; (7) a May 1991 report sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration estimate the total 1988 annual costs of traffic accidents to be $334 billion; (8) studies show that hospital costs for belted victims are 60 to 80 percent lower than hospital costs for unbelted victims; and (9) one study suggests that society pays up to 69 percent of out-of-pocket costs

Highway Safety

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1993-05
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781568063935

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The Automobile Safety Belt Fact Book

Author : United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : MINN:31951D00820723J

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The Automobile Safety Belt Fact Book

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015075352792

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Effectiveness of Safety Belt Use Laws

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : PSU:000013159993

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Summary of a workshop sponsored by OECD's Road Research Program.

Lives Saved by Seat Belts from 1983 Through 1987

Author : Susan C. Partyka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : UOM:39015075200751

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Lives Saved by Seat Belts from 1983 Through 1987 by Susan C. Partyka Pdf