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Safety Belt Use Rate Statistics

 

In June of 2007, the Maine State Legislature passed a law allowing for primary enforcement of Maine’s seat belt law.  The law became effective in September of 2007, but contained a grace period until April 2008 to allow Maine citizens to become aware of the new law. 

The following chart shows the safety belt usage rate in Maine for the past several years.

 

 

 

The annual lives saved counts, shown in the table below, have been produced by NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis since 1975. The counts are estimates on the national level that are calculated using the effectiveness of each device or law that is mentioned.

 

Source: FARS 2004-2007 Final File, 2008 Annual Report File

 

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