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Occupant Protection

345 unrestrained vehicle occupants lost their lives in crashes on Nevada roadways between 2016-2020.

The Nevada Crash Data Dashboard provides information on who is involved in unbelted driving fatalities and fatal crashes, where and when these crashes occurred, and why they happened. Nevada’s strategies to reduce unbelted driving fatalities and serious injuries are listed below.

Zero Fatalities
Task Force Leaders

Vice Chair: Judith Mata, Department of Public Safety – Office of Traffic Safety

Facilitator: Tim Burrows, Kimley-Horn

Strategies
  1. Improve occupant protection use laws.
  2. Maximize proper restraint use by coordinating training and checkpoints with enforcement and the medical community.
  3. Create awareness of proper restraint use with public outreach activities.
  4. Analyze data and prepare documents to support occupant protection use.
Resources
DocumentsDownloadDate
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2018 Children Traffic Safety Facts PDF01/2021
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2018 Occupant Protection in Passenger Vehicles Traffic Safety Facts PDF06/2020
Seat Belt Use in 2019—Use Rates in the
States and Territories		PDF04/2020
Seat Belt Use in 2019—Overall ResultsPDF12/2019
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Child SafetyWebsite2020
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) SeatbeltsWebsite2020
Traffic Safety Facts – Guidelines to Observe and Estimate Statewide Seat Belt Use at Night PDF03/2010
Zero Fatalities A Goal We Can All Live With – A UDOT and DPS Program PDF
Zero Fatalities
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