M3-15-02, Safety Belt Usage Survey

The objective of this study will be to survey safety belt and child safety seat usage rates in Kentucky during the summer of 2015. The 2015 survey will continue to document results after enactment of the original “secondary enforcement” statewide mandatory safety belt law in 1994 and the subsequent change to “primary enforcement” which was enacted in 2006. Data will be collected at randomly selected sites across Kentucky. Data from the individual sites will be combined into a statewide percentage considering roadway functional classification, county and vehicle miles traveled.