Appendix A

Seatbelt and Mobile Phone Usage Survey Scotland, 2017

Appendix A

Table A.1 Car occupant seatbelt use, weekdays
Seat position 2009 2014 2017  Sample size
Driver 95% 97.8% 98.6% 4,397
Front seat passenger 97% 98.0% 99.4% 1,202
Rear seat passenger 88% 99.0% 98.4% 379
Table A.2 Male car occupant seatbelt use by age, weekdays
Seat position   Age Seatbelt use Sample size
Driver 17-29 99.2% 205
30-59 97.4% 1,748
60+ 99.7% 510
Front seat passenger 0-13 98.0% 37
14-29 100.0% 92
30-59 97.9% 178
60+ 100.0% 85
Table A.3 Female car occupant seatbelt use by age, weekdays
Seat position Age Seatbelt use Sample size
Driver 17-29 99.2% 360
30-59 99.4% 1,253
60+ 99.7% 312
Front seat passenger 0-13 100.0% 36
14-29 99.4% 143
30-59 99.6% 352
60+ 99.3% 222
Table A.4 Car front seat passenger seatbelt use by area and road type, weekdays
Area type Road type Seatbelt use Sample size
Urban Major 99.7% 429
Minor 98.9% 314
All 99.2% 743
Rural Major 99.6% 393
Minor 98.6% 73
All 99.4% 466
Table A.5 Car occupant seatbelt use by time of day, weekdays
Time Driver Sample size Front seat passenger Sample size Rear seat passenger Sample size
07:30 99.2% 406 98.1% 80 100.0% 17
08:30 99.3% 497 100.0% 110 97.7% 37
09:30 98.3% 358 100.0% 95 100.0% 25
10:30 98.8% 357 99.8% 95 100.0% 17
11:30 98.1% 382 100.0% 121 96.2% 40
13:30 98.3% 369 100.0% 115 100.0% 17
14:30 99.1% 456 97.7% 120 100.0% 29
15:30 98.1% 492 98.6% 169 95.2% 66
16:30 98.5% 550 100.0% 134 100.0% 52
17:30 97.8% 530 99.4% 170 99.7% 52
Table A.6 Child occupant restraint use by age, weekdays
Restraint Front seat passenger Rear seat passenger
1-4 years old 5-9 years old 1-4 years old 5-9 years old
Seatbelt 26.1% 53.3% 34.5% 57.9%
Other child seat 73.9% 46.7% 65.5% 42.1%
Unrestrained - - - -
Sample size 12 50 69 93