Evidence for Vehicles

Reduced fatalities related to rear seat shoulder belts

Objectives: To determine the effect on fatality rates of the installation of three point belts.

Author(s): Leon S Robertson

Published: Injury Prevention 1999;5:62-64
Date: 01 Feb 2013
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Association of rear seat safety belt use with death in a traffic crash: a matched cohort study

Objectives: To estimate the association between using or not using a seat belt in the rear of the car and death.

Author(s): Motao Zhu, Peter Cummings, Haitao Chu, Lawrence J Cook

Published: Injury Prevention 2007;13:183-185
Date: 01 Feb 2013
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The Handbook of Road Safety Measures, Second Edition

Objectives: To identify the best estimate of seatbelt effectiveness for different levels of injury and different seating positions.

Author(s): Rune Elvik, Alena Høye, Truls Va and Michael Sørensen

Published: 2009
Date: 01 Feb 2013

Estimating seat belt effectiveness using matched-pair cohort methods

Objectives: To estimate seat belt effectiveness based on US data for fatal crashes between 1986 and 1998, and investigate reasons why the estimate apparently varies over time.

Author(s): Peter Cummings, James D. Wells, Frederick P. Rivara

Published: Accident Analysis & Prevention, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2003, Pages 143–149
Date: 01 Feb 2013
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Fatality Reduction by Safety Belts for Front-Seat Occupants of Cars and Light Trucks

Objectives: To refine NHTSA’s estimate of the effectiveness of seat belts.

Author(s): NHTSA

Published: DOT HS 809 199, 2000
Date: 01 Feb 2013
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The Long Term Effect of Seat Belt Legislation On Road User Injury Patterns

Objectives: To compare car occupant casualty rates and injury patterns before and after seat belt legislation , using an independent set of hospital data, and to assess the effects of seat belt legislation on casualty rates among road users other than car occupants.

Author(s): R J Tunbridge

Published: TRRL Research Report 239, 1989
Date: 01 Feb 2013
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Road Casualties in Great Britain During the First year With Seat Belt Legislation

Objectives: To analyse the effect of a law on seat belt use.

Author(s): P P Scott and P A Willis

Published: TRRL Research Report 9, 985
Date: 01 Feb 2013
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The Medical Effects of Seat Belt Legislation in the UK

Objectives: To establish evidence of the changes in hospital casualties among car occupants injured in road accidents in consequence of the introduction of compulsory seat belt legislation in the UK.

Author(s): William Rutherford, Tony Greenfield, HRM Hayes, JK Nelson

Published: Department of Health and Social Security, Office of the Chief Scientist Research report No 13
Date: 01 Feb 2013

The Effects of Seat Belt Legislation on Road Casualties

Objectives: To assess the statistical evidence of the effects of the introduction of the seat belt law on road casualties in Great Britain.

Author(s): J Durbin and AC Harvey

Published: Published: In Compulsory Seatbelt Wearing Report, Department of Transport, 1985
Date: 01 Feb 2013

Seat-belt use and Related Behaviours Among Young Adults

Objectives: To obtain information about the background and behaviour of young adults who do not use seatbelts

Author(s): Begg, D.J, and Langley, J.D

Published: Journal of Safety Research (2000) Vol. 31 No. 4
Date: 01 Feb 2013
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