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Survey of Seat Belt Use In Canada, 
July 2001

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Table 5: Estimates of seat belt use 
by seating position in light-duty vehicles*

Prov./
Terr.
Percentage of occupants wearing seat belts in light-duty vehicles**
Driver
 
(%)
Front
Centre
(%)
Front
Right
(%)
Rear
Left
(%)
Rear
Centre
(%)
Rear
Right
(%)
All
 
(%)

Nfld.

93.0

61.5

92.5

79.7

80.7

83.8

92.1

P.E.I.

88.3

51.4

84.6

80.2

95.4

79.3

86.7

N.S.

88.3

44.7

87.3

90.5

91.7

88.9

88.0

N.B.

91.9

66.0

92.7

84.2

84.3

90.3

91.4

Que.

91.0

31.5

91.4

71.1

61.7

72.5

89.0

Ont.

93.5

69.5

91.9

86.0

85.7

84.4

92.5

Man.

83.2

62.6

81.1

79.4

74.8

78.2

82.3

Sask.

93.5

58.7

90.1

84.1

85.3

83.8

91.7

Alta.

85.6

69.5

84.3

85.3

77.3

80.0

84.9

B.C.

92.2

35.3

91.2

85.2

65.7

78.7

90.8

Y.T.

78.3

55.7

78.4

77.7

77.5

80.8

78.1

N.W.T. 64.4 32.5 62.1 55.3 58.5 52.8 62.7
Nunavut 15.3 2.2 11.2 11.4 10.0 4.0 13.4
Canada 91.1 54.4 90.1 82.2 76.3 80.5 89.9

*  Seat belt laws in some jurisdictions can exempt certain individuals from wearing seat belts.

** Light-duty vehicles include passenger cars, passenger vans and light trucks.


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