Seat Belt and Motorcycle Helmet Use Stats

In a press release issued in November 2006, the NHSTA shared results of the US DOT Seat Belt and Motorcycle Helmet Use Statistics Report.

"More Americans must take steps to protect themselves on America's highways to reduce rising fatality numbers, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters said today while releasing a study announcing slight changes to the seat-belt and helmet-use figures from 2005 to 2006.

Citing new data from the National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS), Secretary Peters said that seat belt use in the U.S. now stands at 81 percent, down slightly from the 2005 use rate of 82 percent. She noted that in the West, belt use climbed from 85 percent to 90 percent between 2005 and 2006; and it rose from 82 to 83 percent in the South. However, in the Northeast, belt use fell to 74 percent, down from 78 percent; and in the Midwest it dropped to 77 percent from 79 percent."

Source: NHSTA

Posted by E. Michael Grossman, Texas Motorcycle Accident Attorney

Posted by: E. Michael Grossman | Posted on: 1/8/2007 | Comments (0)

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