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