Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2006

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

(Percentage of drivers and passengers in the front right seat using safety belts)

State	2000	2002	2004	2005	2006
Alabama	71	79	80	82	83
Alaska	61	66	77	78	83
Arizona	75	74	95	94	79
Arkansas	52	64	64	68	69
California	89	91	90	93	93
Colorado	65	73	79	79	80
Connecticut	76	78	83	82	84
Delaware	66	71	82	84	86
District of Columbia	83	85	87	89	85
Florida	65	75	76	74	81
Georgia	74	77	87	90	90
Hawaii	80	90	95	95	93
Idaho	59	63	74	76	80
Illinois	70	74	83	86	88
Indiana	62	72	83	81	84
Iowa	78	82	86	87	90
Kansas	62	61	68	69	74
Kentucky	60	62	66	67	67
Louisiana	68	69	75	78	75
Maine	N	N	72	76	77
Maryland	85	86	89	91	91
Massachusetts	50	51	63	65	67
Michigan	84	83	91	93	94
Minnesota	73	80	82	84	83
Mississippi	50	62	63	61	74
Missouri	68	69	76	77	75
Montana	76	78	81	80	79
Nebraska	71	70	79	79	76
Nevada	79	75	87	95	91
New Hampshire	N	N	N	N	64
New Jersey	74	81	82	86	90
New Mexico	87	88	90	90	90
New York	77	83	85	85	83
North Carolina	81	84	86	87	89
North Dakota	48	63	67	76	79
Ohio	65	70	74	79	82
Oklahoma	68	70	80	83	84
Oregon	84	88	93	93	94
Pennsylvania	71	76	82	83	86
Rhode Island	64	71	76	75	74
South Carolina	74	66	66	70	73
South Dakota	53	64	69	69	71
Tennessee	59	67	72	74	79
Texas	77	81	83	90	90
Utah	76	80	86	87	89
Vermont	62	85	80	85	82
Virginia	70	70	80	80	79
Washington	82	93	94	95	96
West Virginia	50	72	76	85	89
Wisconsin	65	66	72	73	75
Wyoming	67	67	70	N	64
Nationwide	71	75	80	82	81

KEY: N = data do not exist

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Seat Belt Use in 2006 - Use Rates in the States and Territories, Washington, DC: April 2007, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/810690.PDF as of Dec. 7, 2007.

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Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2006

Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2006