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Seat Belt Usage by Light-Duty Vehicle Type

  

Chart 4 shows that in rural communities, the rate of seat belt usage is much lower among front seat occupants of pickup trucks (77.5%) than of passenger cars (88.2%) and minivans and SUVs (also 88.2%). For drivers specifically, the rates were 88.5% for passenger cars, 88.3% for minivans and SUVs and 77.5% for pickup trucks. 

Rural Canada Seat Belt Use by Light-Duty Vehicle Type - 2002

Chart 5 shows that in urban Canada, the rate of seat belt usage is much lower among all occupants of pickup trucks (79.0%) than of passenger cars (88.3%) and minivans and SUVs (88.2%). For drivers specifically, the rates were 89.3% for passenger cars, 87.9% for minivans and SUVs and 79.5% for pickup trucks.

Urban Canada Seat Belt Use by Light-Duty Vehicle Type - 2003

Chart 6 shows that in Canada, the rate of seat belt usage is much lower among the front seat occupants of pickup trucks (80.0%) than among those of passenger cars (88.9%) and minivans and SUVs (88.1%). For drivers specifically, the rates were 89.1% for passenger cars, 87.9% for minivans and SUVs and 79.6% for pickup trucks.

Canada Seat Belt Use by Light-Duty Vehicle Type - 2002-2003

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Date modified:
2009-09-02

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