Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use: 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2010

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

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

State	2000	2005	2008	2009	2010
Alabama	71	82	86	90	91
Alaska	61	78	85	86	87
Arizona	75	94	80	81	82
Arkansas	52	68	70	74	78
California	89	93	96	95	96
Colorado	65	79	82	81	83
Connecticut	76	82	88	86	88
Delaware	66	84	91	88	91
District of Columbia	83	89	90	93	92
Florida	65	74	82	85	87
Georgia	74	90	90	89	90
Hawaii	80	95	97	98	98
Idaho	59	76	77	79	78
Illinois	70	86	91	92	93
Indiana	62	81	91	93	92
Iowa	78	87	93	93	93
Kansas	62	69	77	77	82
Kentucky	60	67	73	80	80
Louisiana	68	78	76	75	76
Maine	N	76	83	83	82
Maryland	85	91	93	94	95
Massachusetts	50	65	67	74	74
Michigan	84	93	97	98	95
Minnesota	73	84	87	90	92
Mississippi	50	61	71	76	81
Missouri	68	77	76	77	76
Montana	76	80	79	79	79
Nebraska	71	79	83	85	84
Nevada	79	95	91	91	93
New Hampshire	N	N	69	69	72
New Jersey	74	86	92	93	94
New Mexico	87	90	91	90	90
New York	77	85	89	88	90
North Carolina	81	87	90	90	90
North Dakota	48	76	82	82	75
Ohio	65	79	83	84	84
Oklahoma	68	83	84	84	86
Oregon	84	93	96	97	97
Pennsylvania	71	83	85	88	86
Rhode Island	64	75	72	75	78
South Carolina	74	70	79	82	85
South Dakota	53	69	72	72	75
Tennessee	59	74	82	81	87
Texas	77	90	91	93	94
Utah	76	87	86	86	89
Vermont	62	85	87	85	85
Virginia	70	80	81	82	81
Washington	82	95	97	96	98
West Virginia	50	85	90	87	82
Wisconsin	65	73	74	74	79
Wyoming	67	N	69	68	79
Nationwide	71	82	83	84	85
KEY: N = data do not exist. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Seat Belt Use in 2010 Use Rates in the States and Territories, July 2011, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811493.pdf as of March 16, 2012.

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