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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce the proportion of deaths of car passengers who weren't buckled in — IVP‑07

Status: Little or no detectable change

  
Little or no detectable change
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Most Recent Data:
49.8 percent (2022)

Target:
41.9 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
46.8 percent of passenger vehicle occupant deaths with known restraint status were unrestrained in 2017

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Reduce the proportion of passenger vehicle occupant deaths that were known unrestrained

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Data Source:  Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), DOT/NHTSA

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Summary

Many people who die in motor vehicle crashes either aren’t wearing a seat belt or are children who aren’t secured in a car seat or booster seat. Making sure that effective seat belt and car seat laws are in place — and enforced — is key to reducing deaths from motor vehicle crashes.

Topics:  Injury Prevention, Transportation

Workgroup: Injury and Violence Prevention Workgroup

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