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The Northern Ireland Seat Belt Survey

The current Northern Ireland Seat Belt Bulletin was published on Wednesday 29 June 2005. The bulletin outlines the key points of the Northern Ireland Seat Belt Survey 2005 (140KB) PDF document Opens new window which is the sixteenth in a series of Seat Belt Surveys carried out by the Central Survey Unit of the Northern Ireland Statistics Research Agency on behalf of the DOE.

Summary of key results from NI Seat Belt Surveys (1994 - 2005)

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Driver 88 85 85 85 87 86 87 86 90 90 91 93
Front Seat 88 86 85 86 88 86 87 86 89 89 90 92
Back Seat 52 50 51 56 61 62 65 67 72 75 77 81

Driver Influence on Seat belt Wearing Rates for Passengers – The seat belt wearing rate for both front and back seat passengers was higher when the driver of the vehicle wore a seat belt, compared to when they did not.
  • 94% of front seat passengers wore a seat belt when the driver of the vehicle was wearing one, compared to only 55% when the driver was not.
  • 83% of back seat passengers wore a seat belt when the driver of the vehicle was wearing one, compared to only 53% when the driver was not.