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Traffic Tech #293: 2003 Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey (MVOSS) Gives Status Report On Attitudes And Support For Safety Belt Use


Number 293                                                             August 2004

U.S. Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590

2003 MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT SAFETY SURVEY (MVOSS) GIVES STATUS REPORT ON ATTITUDES AND SUPPORT FOR SAFETY BELT USE

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conducts a national telephone survey every two years to monitor the public’s attitudes about safety belts, child restraints, reasons for their use or non-use, knowledge of safety belt laws, experience with law enforcement, and attitudes about risk perception. The 2003 MVOSS consisted of two questionnaires, each given to a randomly selected sample of about 6,000 persons age 16 and older, with younger ages oversampled. Interviewing ran from January 8, 2003 through March 30, 2003. This was a slight adjustment from previous administrations of the survey, which typically ran from November into January. Thus there is no 2002 MVOSS but rather a 2003 MVOSS, although the time span between the 2003 MVOSS and preceding 2000 MVOSS is still approximately two years.

Safety Belt Use When Driving

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Reasons for Use and Non-Use

Attitudes About the Usefulness of Safety Belts

Safety Belt Laws And Their Enforcement

How To Order
For a copy of 2003 Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey (Volume I: Methodology Report; Volume II: Safety Belt Report) write to the Office of Research and Technology, NHTSA, NTI-130, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590 or send a fax to (202) 366-7096 or download from www.nhtsa.dot.gov.

U.S. Department of Transportation
National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
400 Seventh Street, S.W. NTI-130
Washington, DC 20590

Traffic Tech is a publication to disseminate information about traffic safety programs, including evaluations, innovative programs, and new publications. Feel free to copy it as you wish.

If you would like to receive a copy, contact Patty Ellison-Potter. Ph.D., Editor,
fax (202)366-7096,
e-mail: Patricia.Ellison-Potter@nhtsa.dot.gov




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