Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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

State	2000	2004	2005	2006	2007
Alabama	71	80	82	83	82
Alaska	61	77	78	83	82
Arizona	75	95	94	79	81
Arkansas	52	64	68	69	70
California	89	90	93	93	95
Colorado	65	79	79	80	81
Connecticut	76	83	82	84	86
Delaware	66	82	84	86	87
District of Columbia	83	87	89	85	87
Florida	65	76	74	81	79
Georgia	74	87	90	90	89
Hawaii	80	95	95	93	98
Idaho	59	74	76	80	79
Illinois	70	83	86	88	90
Indiana	62	83	81	84	88
Iowa	78	86	87	90	91
Kansas	62	68	69	74	75
Kentucky	60	66	67	67	72
Louisiana	68	75	78	75	75
Maine	N	72	76	77	80
Maryland	85	89	91	91	93
Massachusetts	50	63	65	67	69
Michigan	84	91	93	94	94
Minnesota	73	82	84	83	88
Mississippi	50	63	61	74	72
Missouri	68	76	77	75	77
Montana	76	81	80	79	80
Nebraska	71	79	79	76	79
Nevada	79	87	95	91	92
New Hampshire	N	N	N	64	64
New Jersey	74	82	86	90	91
New Mexico	87	90	90	90	92
New York	77	85	85	83	84
North Carolina	81	86	87	89	89
North Dakota	48	67	76	79	82
Ohio	65	74	79	82	82
Oklahoma	68	80	83	84	83
Oregon	84	93	93	94	95
Pennsylvania	71	82	83	86	87
Rhode Island	64	76	75	74	79
South Carolina	74	66	70	73	75
South Dakota	53	69	69	71	73
Tennessee	59	72	74	79	80
Texas	77	83	90	90	92
Utah	76	86	87	89	87
Vermont	62	80	85	82	87
Virginia	70	80	80	79	80
Washington	82	94	95	96	96
West Virginia	50	76	85	89	90
Wisconsin	65	72	73	75	75
Wyoming	67	70	N	64	72
Nationwide	71	80	82	81	82

KEY: N = data do not exist.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Seat Belt Use in 2008 - Use Rates in the States and Territories, Washington, DC: 2008, available at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ as of Jan. 14, 2009.

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Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007

Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007