Auto insurance - is your seatbelt fastened?
I researched some statistics from government sites and here is what I found about seat belt use rates in different US states.
I sorted this table by seat belt use rate in 2008 to see who are the best in worst in 2008. Looks like Michigan, Hawaii and Washington have most disciplined drivers while in New Hampshire, Wyoming, Massachusetts and American Somao more than 30% of drivers ignore the seat belt.
It would be nice to see whether there is any relation between seat belt use rates and accident fatalities.
| State or U.S. Territory | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007-2008 Change |
| Michigan | 82.30% | 82.90% | 84.80% | 90.50% | 92.90% | 94.30% | 93.70% | 97.20% | 3.50% |
| Hawaii | 82.50% | 90.40% | 91.80% | 95.10% | 95.30% | 92.50% | 97.60% | 97.00% | -0.60% |
| Washington | 82.60% | 92.60% | 94.80% | 94.20% | 95.20% | 96.30% | 96.40% | 96.50% | 0.10% |
| Oregon | 87.50% | 88.20% | 90.40% | 92.60% | 93.30% | 94.10% | 95.30% | 96.30% | 1.00% |
| California | 91.10% | 91.10% | 91.20% | 90.40% | 92.50% | 93.40% | 94.60% | 95.70% | 1.10% |
| Maryland | 82.90% | 85.80% | 87.90% | 89.00% | 91.10% | 91.10% | 93.10% | 93.30% | 0.20% |
| Iowa | 80.90% | 82.40% | 86.80% | 86.40% | 87.10% | 89.60% | 91.30% | 92.90% | 1.60% |
| Puerto Rico | 83.10% | 90.50% | 87.10% | 90.10% | 92.50% | 92.70% | 92.10% | 92.80% | 0.70% |
| New Jersey | 77.60% | 80.50% | 81.20% | 82.00% | 86.00% | 90.00% | 91.40% | 91.80% | 0.40% |
| Delaware | 67.30% | 71.20% | 74.90% | 82.30% | 83.80% | 86.10% | 86.60% | 91.30% | 4.70% |
| Indiana | 67.40% | 72.20% | 82.30% | 83.40% | 81.20% | 84.30% | 87.90% | 91.20% | 3.30% |
| Texas | 76.10% | 81.10% | 84.30% | 83.20% | 89.90% | 90.40% | 91.80% | 91.20% | -0.60% |
| New Mexico | 87.80% | 87.60% | 87.20% | 89.70% | 89.50% | 89.60% | 91.50% | 91.10% | -0.40% |
| Nevada | 74.50% | 74.90% | 78.70% | 86.60% | 94.80% | 91.20% | 92.20% | 90.90% | -1.30% |
| Illinois | 71.40% | 73.80% | 80.10% | 83.00% | 86.00% | 87.80% | 90.10% | 90.50% | 0.40% |
| Dist. Of Columbia | 83.60% | 84.60% | 84.90% | 87.10% | 88.80% | 85.40% | 87.10% | 90.00% | 2.90% |
| North Carolina | 82.70% | 84.10% | 86.10% | 86.10% | 86.70% | 88.50% | 88.80% | 89.80% | 1.00% |
| Northern Mariana Islands | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 80% | 89.80% | 9.80% |
| Georgia | 79.00% | 77.00% | 84.50% | 86.70% | 89.90% | 90.00% | 89.00% | 89.60% | 0.60% |
| West Virginia | 52.30% | 71.60% | 73.60% | 75.80% | 84.90% | 88.50% | 89.60% | 89.50% | -0.10% |
| New York | 80.30% | 82.80% | 84.60% | 85.00% | 85.00% | 83.00% | 83.50% | 89.10% | 5.60% |
| Connecticut | 78.00% | 78.00% | 78.00% | 82.90% | 81.60% | 83.50% | 85.80% | 88.00% | 2.20% |
| Vermont | 67.40% | 84.90% | 82.40% | 79.90% | 84.70% | 82.40% | 87.10% | 87.30% | 0.20% |
| Minnesota | 73.90% | 80.10% | 79.40% | 82.10% | 83.90% | 83.30% | 87.80% | 86.70% | -1.10% |
| Alabama | 79.40% | 78.70% | 77.40% | 80.00% | 81.80% | 82.90% | 82.30% | 86.10% | 3.80% |
| Utah | 77.80% | 80.10% | 85.20% | 85.70% | 86.90% | 88.60% | 86.80% | 86.00% | -0.80% |
| Pennsylvania | 70.50% | 75.70% | 79.00% | 81.80% | 83.30% | 86.30% | 86.70% | 85.10% | -1.60% |
| Guam | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 81% | 85.00% | 4% |
| Alaska | 62.60% | 65.80% | 78.90% | 76.70% | 78.40% | 83.20% | 82.40% | 84.90% | 2.50% |
| Oklahoma | 67.90% | 70.10% | 76.70% | 80.30% | 83.10% | 83.70% | 83.10% | 84.30% | 1.20% |
| Maine | NA | NA | NA | 72.30% | 75.80% | 77.20% | 79.80% | 83.00% | 3.20% |
| Nationwide | 73% | 75% | 79% | 80% | 82% | 81% | 82% | 83% | 1% |
| Ohio | 66.90% | 70.30% | 74.70% | 74.10% | 78.70% | 81.70% | 81.60% | 82.70% | 1.10% |
| Nebraska | 70.20% | 69.70% | 76.10% | 79.20% | 79.20% | 76.00% | 78.70% | 82.60% | 3.90% |
| U.S. Virgin Island | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 80.20% | NA | 82.30% | |
| Colorado | 72.10% | 73.20% | 77.70% | 79.30% | 79.20% | 80.30% | 81.10% | 81.70% | 0.60% |
| Florida | 69.50% | 75.10% | 72.60% | 76.30% | 73.90% | 80.70% | 79.10% | 81.70% | 2.60% |
| North Dakota | 57.90% | 63.40% | 63.70% | 67.40% | 76.30% | 79.00% | 82.20% | 81.60% | -0.60% |
| Tennessee | 68.30% | 66.70% | 68.50% | 72.00% | 74.40% | 78.60% | 80.20% | 81.50% | 1.30% |
| Virginia | 72.30% | 70.40% | 74.60% | 79.90% | 80.40% | 78.70% | 79.90% | 80.60% | 0.70% |
| Arizona | 74.40% | 73.70% | 86.20% | 95.30% | 94.20% | 78.90% | 80.90% | 79.90% | -1.00% |
| Montana | 76.30% | 78.40% | 79.50% | 80.90% | 80.00% | 79.00% | 79.60% | 79.30% | -0.30% |
| South Carolina | 69.60% | 66.30% | 72.80% | 65.70% | 69.70% | 72.50% | 74.50% | 79.00% | 4.50% |
| Kansas | 60.80% | 61.30% | 63.60% | 68.30% | 69.00% | 73.50% | 75.00% | 77.40% | 2.40% |
| Idaho | 60.40% | 62.90% | 71.70% | 74.00% | 76.00% | 79.80% | 78.50% | 76.90% | -1.60% |
| Missouri | 67.90% | 69.40% | 72.90% | 75.90% | 77.40% | 75.20% | 77.20% | 75.80% | -1.40% |
| Louisiana | 68.10% | 68.60% | 73.80% | 75.00% | 77.70% | 74.80% | 75.20% | 75.50% | 0.30% |
| Wisconsin | 68.70% | 66.10% | 69.80% | 72.40% | 73.30% | 75.40% | 75.30% | 74.20% | -1.10% |
| Kentucky | 61.90% | 62.00% | 65.50% | 66.00% | 66.70% | 67.20% | 71.80% | 73.30% | 1.50% |
| Rhode Island | 63.20% | 70.80% | 74.20% | 76.20% | 74.70% | 74.00% | 79.10% | 72.00% | -7.10% |
| South Dakota | 63.30% | 64.00% | 69.90% | 69.40% | 68.80% | 71.30% | 73.00% | 71.80% | -1.20% |
| Mississippi | 61.60% | 62.00% | 62.20% | 63.20% | 60.80% | 73.60% | 71.80% | 71.30% | -0.50% |
| Arkansas | 54.50% | 63.70% | 62.80% | 64.20% | 68.30% | 69.30% | 69.90% | 70.40% | 0.50% |
| New Hampshire | NA | NA | 49.6%* | NA | NA | 63.50% | 63.80% | 69.20% | 5.40% |
| Wyoming | NA | 66.60% | NA | 70.10% | NA | 63.50% | 72.20% | 68.60% | -3.60% |
| Massachusetts | 56.00% | 51.00% | 61.70% | 63.30% | 64.80% | 66.90% | 68.70% | 66.80% | -1.90% |
| American Samoa | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 55.70% |