Table 6-6 Estimated Lives Saved by Occupant Protection, Motorcycle Helmets, and 21-Year-Old Minimum Legal Drinking Age Law: 1990, 2000, and 2010-2013
Child Restraints | Seat Belts | Frontal Air Bags | Motorcycle Helmets | Minimum Drinking Age Law | |
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Lives Saved, Age 4 and Younger | Lives Saved, Age 5 and Older | Lives Saved, Age 13 and Older | Lives Saved, All Ages | Lives Saved | |
1990 | 222 | 6,592 | 37 | 655 | 1,033 |
2000 | 479 | 12,882 | 1,716 | 872 | 922 |
2010 | 303 | 12,670 | 2,403 | 1,551 | 560 |
2011 | 262 | 12,071 | 2,341 | 1,622 | 543 |
2012 | 285 | 12,386 | 2,422 | 1,715 | 537 |
2013 | 263 | 12,584 | 2,388 | 1,630 | 504 |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts(Washington, DC: Annual Issues). Available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/ as of March 2015 as cited in USDOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 2-31. Available at http://www.bts.gov as of April 2015.