Restraint Not Used, Percent > Auto Fatalities statistics - states compared

SOURCE
U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2003 Early Edition, Washington, DC: 2004

DEFINITION
Percent of auto fatalities where a restraint (ie seat belt) was not used. NOTES: Fatalities in this table include passenger car and light truck occupants only. Occupants of other vehicle types - heavy trucks, motorcycles, and buses - are excluded as are other types of highway-related fatalities such as pedestrian fatalities.

Transportation Statistics > Auto Fatalities > Restraint not used, percent (most recent) by state

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

North Dakota:

74.4%

# 2

South Dakota:

71%

# 3

New Hampshire:

69.2%

# 4

Kentucky:

67.8%

# 5

Mississippi:

67.2%

# 6

New Mexico:

67.1%

# 7

Montana:

66.7%

# 8

South Carolina:

65.1%

# 9

Oklahoma:

64%

# 10

Kansas:

63.9%

# 11

Rhode Island:

63.5%

# 12

Missouri:

62.5%

# 13

Arkansas:

62.3%

# 14

Tennessee:

61.8%

# 15

Wyoming:

60.5%

# 16

Nebraska:

60.4%

# 17

Louisiana:

60%

# 18

Ohio:

59.5%

# 19

Florida:

59.1%

# 20

Colorado:

58.8%

# 21

Idaho:

58.2%

= 22

West Virginia:

56.9%

= 22

Nevada:

56.9%

= 24

Utah:

56.8%

= 24

Virginia:

56.8%

# 26

Alabama:

55%

# 27

Minnesota:

54.6%

# 28

Massachusetts:

54.5%

# 29

Wisconsin:

54.4%

# 30

Pennsylvania:

52.5%

= 31

Delaware:

51.8%

= 31

Maine:

51.8%

# 33

Arizona:

51.6%

# 34

Texas:

48.3%

# 35

Illinois:

47.9%

# 36

Georgia:

47.5%

# 37

New Jersey:

46.9%

# 38

Maryland:

46.6%

# 39

Indiana:

46%

# 40

Hawaii:

45.9%

# 41

Connecticut:

45.5%

# 42

Alaska:

43.8%

# 43

North Carolina:

43.3%

# 44

Iowa:

42.4%

# 45

District of Columbia:

41.5%

# 46

Washington:

39.8%

# 47

New York:

39.3%

# 48

Vermont:

38.2%

# 49

Michigan:

36.3%

# 50

California:

35.2%

# 51

Oregon:

33.1%

Weighted average:

54.2%

DEFINITION: Percent of auto fatalities where a restraint (ie seat belt) was not used. NOTES: Fatalities in this table include passenger car and light truck occupants only. Occupants of other vehicle types - heavy trucks, motorcycles, and buses - are excluded as are other types of highway-related fatalities such as pedestrian fatalities.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2003 Early Edition, Washington, DC: 2004 via StateMaster

Transportation Statistics > Auto Fatalities > Restraint not used, percent (most recent) by state

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