Rural Pickup Truck Drivers and Safety Belt Use: Focus Group Report

   

 

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Executive Summary

Introduction

Defining the Problem

Fatalities

Gender and Other Characteristics

Laws Pertaining to Children and Cargo Areas

Focus Groups: Background

Moderator's Guide and Topics of Discussion

Focus Groups: Findings

Focus Group Participants' Attitudes Toward Safety Measures

Focus Group Participants' Safety Belt Use

Focus Group Participants' Responses to Specific Reasons/Approaches

Focus Group Responses to Existing Campaign Approaches - English-Speaking Group

Focus Group Responses to Existing Campaign Approaches - Hispanic Group

Campaign Component Development - English-Speaking Group

Campaign Component Development - Hispanic Group

Conclusions

References

List of Tables

List of Figures

Appendices

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APPENDIX A


Table A5
State-By-State Fatal Crashes: No Restraint Used and Vehicle Body Type (FARS 1999)

State

Body Type
Pickup
Auto
Count
%
Count
%

AL

301

24.6%

654

53.5%

AK

30

33.7%

27

30.3%

AZ

271

25.7%

382

36.3%

AR

204

32.4%

253

40.2%

CA

320

16.3%

880

44.9%

CO

167

24.8%

243

36.1%

CT

23

9.1%

155

61.5%

DC

18

18.9%

58

61.1%

DE

1

2.9%

17

50.0%

FL

498

17.6%

1424

50.2%

GA

307

25.0%

570

46.3%

HI

17

18.9%

37

41.1%

ID

126

31.6%

136

34.1%

IL

164

14.6%

601

53.3%

IN

198

22.7%

429

49.2%

IA

97

25.3%

154

40.2%

KS

184

33.5%

209

38.0%

KY

219

25.1%

485

55.5%

LA

276

32.2%

382

44.6%

ME

29

17.9%

87

53.7%

MD

56

15.6%

220

61.3%

MA

31

10.3%

207

68.5%

MI

196

20.1%

520

53.3%

MN

115

22.2%

249

48.1%

MS

281

23.3%

693

57.6%

MO

326

27.4%

576

48.4%

MT

101

31.2%

99

30.6%

NE

73

20.6%

159

44.9%

NV

66

24.6%

132

49.3%

NH

28

20.1%

63

45.3%

NJ

34

5.7%

364

61.3%

NM

142

26.1%

157

28.9%

NY

113

10.7%

609

57.9%

NC

205

19.5%

515

49.1%

ND

49

35.8%

63

46.0%

OH

218

15.2%

725

50.5%

OK

292

35.1%

347

41.8%

OR

72

27.5%

121

46.2%

PA

172

12.7%

734

54.2%

RI

4

4.8%

51

61.4%

SC

169

16.3%

587

56.8%

SD

51

25.0%

108

52.9%

TN

339

23.3%

772

53.1%

TX

973

30.0%

1292

39.9%

UT

96

23.9%

144

35.1%

VT

16

17.4%

44

47.8%

VA

151

18.9%

421

52.6%

WA

129

23.2%

272

48.8%

WV

94

23.9%

207

52.5%

WI

123

18.4%

319

47.6%

WY

70

32.0%

67

30.6%

Total

8237

22.0%

18020

48.1%

Note: The FARS numbers for restrained and unrestrained in Tables A6 and A7 do not equal 100 percent because FARS distinguishes the presence of unknown data.

   
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