Papers on adult seat belts - effectiveness and use. Technical report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Lives saved by seat belts from 1983 through 1987.

Mode of access: Internet.

The Human collision : how injuries occur, how seat belts prevent them.

First ed. prepared and published by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

Seat belts.

"7/99"--Colophon.

A Comparative Policy Analysis of Seat Belt Laws, RB37-013, 2014

This analysis examined data from a variety of sources to estimate the benefit of enhancing Iowa’s current law to require all passengers to use seat belts. In addition to assessing Iowans’ opinions about changing the law, a literature review, a legislative policy review, and analysis of Iowa crash data were completed. Currently 28 states enforce seat belt laws for all passengers. Belted passengers riding with an unbelted passenger are 2 to 5 times more likely to suffer fatal injuries in a crash relative to when all occupants are using seat belts. Iowans are highly compliant (90%-94%) with the current seat belt law for front seat occupants. Of more than 1000 Iowans surveyed, 85% said they always use a seat belt when riding in the front seat, but only 36% always do so when they ride in the back seat. The most common reasons given for not using seat belts in the back seat are forgetting to buckle up and because it is not the law. Iowans widely support strengthening Iowa’s seat belt law — 62% said Iowa law should require all rear seat passengers to use seat belts. Four out of five respondents said they would use seat belts more often when sitting in the rear seat if it was the law. It is estimated rear seat fatalities would decrease about 48%, from 13 to 7 fatalities annually, if an all-passenger law was implemented in Iowa.

School bus safety belts: their use, carryover effects and administrative issues. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Driver and Pedestrian Safety, Washington, D.C.

Evaluation of passive belts for different size occupants. Final report supplement.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Ingress clearance requirements and seat positioning for automatic belt systems. Final report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Comfort and convenience specifications for safety belts: shoulder belt fit, pressure and pullout forces. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

School bus passenger seat and lap belt sled tests. Final report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Evaluation of passive belts for different size occupants. Phase II. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Evaluation of passive belts for different size occupants. Final report, phase I.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Seat belt performance of manual and automatic systems installed in the GM Chevrolet Chevette and the VW Rabbit. Technical report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Motor vehicle safety - a review of the NTSB report on rear seat lap belt effectiveness.

Mode of access: Internet.

1999 Seat Belt Usage Survey, March 15, 2000

The 78 percent seat belt usage rate in 1999 (up 7 percent since 1992) reflects active enforcement and education efforts that have occurred in Iowa during the last few years. Through continuing education of the public, an active "Life Toll" campaign, seat belt enforcement, and other cooperative efforts between state and local law enforcement, Iowa will strive to increase the use of seat belts and save lives on Iowa roadways.