Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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

State	2000	2005	2007	2008	2009
Alabama	71	82	82	86	90
Alaska	61	78	82	85	86
Arizona	75	94	81	80	81
Arkansas	52	68	70	70	74
California	89	93	95	96	95
Colorado	65	79	81	82	81
Connecticut	76	82	86	88	86
Delaware	66	84	87	91	88
District of Columbia	83	89	87	90	93
Florida	65	74	79	82	85
Georgia	74	90	89	90	89
Hawaii	80	95	98	97	98
Idaho	59	76	79	77	79
Illinois	70	86	90	91	92
Indiana	62	81	88	91	93
Iowa	78	87	91	93	93
Kansas	62	69	75	77	77
Kentucky	60	67	72	73	80
Louisiana	68	78	75	76	75
Maine	N	76	80	83	83
Maryland	85	91	93	93	94
Massachusetts	50	65	69	67	74
Michigan	84	93	94	97	98
Minnesota	73	84	88	87	90
Mississippi	50	61	72	71	76
Missouri	68	77	77	76	77
Montana	76	80	80	79	79
Nebraska	71	79	79	83	85
Nevada	79	95	92	91	91
New Hampshire	N	N	64	69	69
New Jersey	74	86	91	92	93
New Mexico	87	90	92	91	90
New York	77	85	84	89	88
North Carolina	81	87	89	90	90
North Dakota	48	76	82	82	82
Ohio	65	79	82	83	84
Oklahoma	68	83	83	84	84
Oregon	84	93	95	96	97
Pennsylvania	71	83	87	85	88
Rhode Island	64	75	79	72	75
South Carolina	74	70	75	79	82
South Dakota	53	69	73	72	72
Tennessee	59	74	80	82	81
Texas	77	90	92	91	93
Utah	76	87	87	86	86
Vermont	62	85	87	87	85
Virginia	70	80	80	81	82
Washington	82	95	96	97	96
West Virginia	50	85	90	90	87
Wisconsin	65	73	75	74	74
Wyoming	67	N	72	69	68
Nationwide	71	82	82	83	84

KEY: N = data do not exist.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Seat Belt Use in 2009 - Use Rates in the States and Territories (Washington, DC: 2010) available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats/index.aspx as of Jun. 20, 2011.

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Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009

Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009