Percentage of Safety Belt and Motorcycle Helmet Use: 2010 2017-2023
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Dataset Excel:
T5-4 Safety Belt and Motorcycle Helmet Use.xlsx (15.89 KB)Notes:
Occupants of commercial and emergency vehicles are excluded.
1Seat belt use is as of the Fall each year. Motorcycle helmet use is as of the Fall each year.
2Only those operators and riders wearing safety helmets that met U.S. Department of Transportation standards are counted. Those safety helmets that do not meet USDOT standards are treated as if the operator/rider were not wearing a helmet.
Description:
This table is from the 2024 Transportation Statistics Annual Report.
Source:
U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts: Research Notes, Seat Belt Use (Annual issues); and Motorcycle Helmet Use—Overall Results (Annual issues). Available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov as of October 2024 as cited in USDOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 2-30, available at http://www.bts.gov as of October 2024.