Work

Seat belt use in cars with air bags.

Year: 1990

Type: article

Abstract: Seat belt use was observed in 1,628 cars with air bags and manual belts and 34,223 cars with manual seat belts only. Sixty-six percent of drivers in cars with air bags wore seat belts compared to 63 percent of drivers in cars with manual belts only. The study found no evidence for the speculation that drivers with air bags will reduce their seat belt use because they believe an air bag alone provides sufficient protection.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.80.12.1514

Authors: A F Williams, J K Wells, A K Lund

Institution: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Language: English

Topic: Traffic and Road Safety

Subfield: Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Rhode Island Department of Health, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases