Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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

State	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008
Alabama	71	82	83	82	86
Alaska	61	78	83	82	85
Arizona	75	94	79	81	80
Arkansas	52	68	69	70	70
California	89	93	93	95	96
Colorado	65	79	80	81	82
Connecticut	76	82	84	86	88
Delaware	66	84	86	87	91
District of Columbia	83	89	85	87	90
Florida	65	74	81	79	82
Georgia	74	90	90	89	90
Hawaii	80	95	93	98	97
Idaho	59	76	80	79	77
Illinois	70	86	88	90	91
Indiana	62	81	84	88	91
Iowa	78	87	90	91	93
Kansas	62	69	74	75	77
Kentucky	60	67	67	72	73
Louisiana	68	78	75	75	76
Maine	N	76	77	80	83
Maryland	85	91	91	93	93
Massachusetts	50	65	67	69	67
Michigan	84	93	94	94	97
Minnesota	73	84	83	88	87
Mississippi	50	61	74	72	71
Missouri	68	77	75	77	76
Montana	76	80	79	80	79
Nebraska	71	79	76	79	83
Nevada	79	95	91	92	91
New Hampshire	N	N	64	64	69
New Jersey	74	86	90	91	92
New Mexico	87	90	90	92	91
New York	77	85	83	84	89
North Carolina	81	87	89	89	90
North Dakota	48	76	79	82	82
Ohio	65	79	82	82	83
Oklahoma	68	83	84	83	84
Oregon	84	93	94	95	96
Pennsylvania	71	83	86	87	85
Rhode Island	64	75	74	79	72
South Carolina	74	70	73	75	79
South Dakota	53	69	71	73	72
Tennessee	59	74	79	80	82
Texas	77	90	90	92	91
Utah	76	87	89	87	86
Vermont	62	85	82	87	87
Virginia	70	80	79	80	81
Washington	82	95	96	96	97
West Virginia	50	85	89	90	90
Wisconsin	65	73	75	75	74
Wyoming	67	N	64	72	69
Nationwide	71	82	81	82	83

KEY: N = data do not exist.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Seat Belt Use in 2008 - Use Rates in the States and Territories (Washington, DC: 2009), available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats/index.aspx as of Apr. 9, 2010.

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Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008

Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008