BTS | Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2005

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Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2005

(Percent of drivers and passengers in the front right seat that use safety belts)

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State	2000	2002	2004	2005
Alabama	71	79	80	82
Alaska	61	66	77	78
Arizona	75	74	95	94
Arkansas	52	64	64	68
California	89	91	90	93
Colorado	65	73	79	79
Connecticut	76	78	83	82
Delaware	66	71	82	84
District of Columbia	83	85	87	89
Florida	65	75	76	74
Georgia	74	77	87	82
Hawaii	80	90	95	95
Idaho	59	63	74	76
Illinois	70	74	83	86
Indiana	62	72	83	81
Iowa	78	82	86	86
Kansas	62	61	68	69
Kentucky	60	62	66	67
Louisiana	68	69	75	78
Maine	N	N	72	76
Maryland	85	86	89	91
Massachusetts	50	51	63	65
Michigan	84	83	91	93
Minnesota	73	80	82	83
Mississippi	50	62	63	61
Missouri	68	69	76	77
Montana	76	78	81	80
Nebraska	71	70	79	79
Nevada	79	75	87	95
New Hampshire	N	N	N	N
New Jersey	74	81	82	86
New Mexico	87	88	90	90
New York	77	83	85	85
North Carolina	81	84	86	87
North Dakota	48	63	67	76
Ohio	65	70	74	79
Oklahoma	68	70	80	83
Oregon	84	88	93	93
Pennsylvania	71	76	82	83
Rhode Island	64	71	76	75
South Carolina	74	66	66	70
South Dakota	53	64	69	69
Tennessee	59	67	72	74
Texas	77	81	83	90
Utah	76	80	86	87
Vermont	62	85	80	85
Virginia	70	70	80	80
Washington	82	93	94	95
West Virginia	50	72	76	85
Wisconsin	65	66	72	73
Wyoming	67	67	70	N
United States	71	75	80	82

KEY: N = data do not exist.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Safety Belt Use in 2005 - Use Rates in the States and Territories, Washington, DC: November 2005, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/RNotes/2005/809970.pdf as of Dec. 19, 2005.