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National occupant protection use survey : controlled intersection study
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1995-05-01
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TRIS Online Accession Number:00743841
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NTL Classification:NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Surveys;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Vehicle Design;NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics;
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Abstract:In late 1994, NHTSA conducted the National Occupant Protection Use Survey
(NOPUS). NOPUS is composed of three separate studies: the moving traffic study
which provides information on overall shoulder belt use, the controlled
intersection study which provides more detailed information about shoulder belt
use by type of vehicle, characteristics of the belt users and child restraint
use, and the shopping center study which provides information on rear-seat belt
use and shoulder belt misuse. This note presents the first results from the
controlled intersection study. Restraint use was observed for 72,000 drivers and
21,000 passengers in 50,000 passenger cars and 22,000 light trucks. Pairs of
observers recorded shoulder belt use for drivers and right-front passengers of
passenger cars and light trucks (vans, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and
pickup trucks), the vehicle's license plate number, and the age group, sex and
race of the observed person. Age, sex, and race were based on the best judgment
of the observers. Child restraint information was collected for children under
five in the front and second seats of the vehicle. Every day of the week and
all daylight hours (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) were covered by the study. Commercial and
emergency vehicles were excluded.
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