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Technical Report Documentation Page |
| 1. Report No. DOT HS 809 272 |
2. Government Accession No. |
3. Recipient's Catalog No. |
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| 4. Title and Subtitle
Process and Outcome Evaluation: The Buckle Up America Initiative |
5. Report Date July 2001 |
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| 6. Performing Organization Code |
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| 7. Author(s)
M.G. Solomon, W.A. Leaf and W.J. Nissen |
8. Performing Organization Report No.
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9. Performing Organization Name and Address
Preusser Research Group, Inc. |
10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) |
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| 11. Contract or Grant No.
DTNH22-97-D-05018 |
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12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
U.S. Department of Transportation |
13. Type of Report and Period Covered Final Report |
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| 15. Supplementary Notes
Dr. Linda Cosgrove served as the NHTSA Contracting Officer's Technical Representative for the study. |
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| 16. Abstract
America (BUA) was a national initiative announced January 1997 directing the Department of Transportation (DOT) to prepare a plan to increase seat belt usage nationwide. In response, the DOT's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration developed a plan to increase national seat belt use to 85 percent by 2000, and decrease fatalities to children under the age of five by 15 percent by 2000. Program evaluation data included multiple sources of seat observation results, Fatality Analysis Reporting System data (FARS), and the collection of law enforcement citation data. Case studies were conducted in locations showing exemplary progress. Seat belt use rates increased after the inception of BUA. However, in 1998, only five states and the District of Columbia were at or above 80 percent belt use; all are jurisdictions having primary seat belt laws. Child restraint use improved markedly for children under age five and fatalities decreased dramatically (-11.9%). By the end of 1998, BUA was nearing its goal of reducing child fatalities by 15 percent, but was still well short of the goal of 85 percent belt use nationwide. | |||
| 17. Key Words
Buckle Up America |
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| 19. Security Classif. (of this report)
Unclassified |
20. Security Classif. (of this page)
Unclassified |
21. No. of Pages
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22. Price |
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