Ülkelerdeki Emniyet Kemeri Takma Oranları ile Trafik Kazalarındaki Ölüm Oranları Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi
The Investigation of the Relationship between Countries’ Safety Belt Usage Rates and Their Number of Death Caused by Traffic Accidents

Summary/Abstract: Safety belts are standard equipment of modern vehicles. This equipment has approximately 50% decreasing effect on deaths and injuries caused by traffic accident if they are used appropriately. On the other hand, safety belt usage rates vary among countries. This current study investigated the relationship between countries’ safety belt usage rates and their number of death caused by traffic accidents. Data were obtained from World Health Organization’s 2013 report. Data were analyzed using correlation and regression tests on SPSS 17.0. Findings showed that there is a strong, statistically significant and negative relationship between countries’ safety belt usage rates and their number of death caused by traffic accidents. Countries’ safety belt usage rate explains 15% variance on number of death caused by traffic accidents. One percent increase on a country’s safety belt usage rate is likely to cause a 1.2 decrease on the number of death caused by traffic accidents per 100 thousand vehicles.

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