Table 1 Seat belt and mobile phone use rates by gender and vehicle type

Seat belt use

<.001*

 Yes

1,463 (72.75 %)

52/1,463 (3.55 %)

 No

548 (27.25 %)

98/548 (17.88 %)

Mobile phone use

 Yes

150 (7.46 %)

 No

1,861 (92.54 %)

Gender

.491

.575

 Male

1,885 (93.73 %)

1,368/1,885 (72.57 %)

139/1,885 (7.37 %)

 Female

126 (6.27 %)

95/126 (75.40 %)

11/126 (8.73 %)

Car type

<.001*

<.001*

 SUV

631 (31.38 %)

380/631 (60.22 %)^a

86/631 (13.63 %)^a

 Truck

161 (8.01 %)

121/161 (75.16 %)^b

10/161 (6.21 %)^b

 Pickup

304 (15.12 %)

234/304 (76.97 %)^b

13/304 (4.28 %)^b,c

 Car

762 (37.89 %)

590/762 (77.43 %)^b

39/762 (5.12 %)^b

 Van

112 (5.57 %)

97/112 (86.61 %)^c

1/112 (0.89 %)^c

 Taxi

41 (2.04 %)

41/41 (100.00 %)^d

1/41 (2.44 %)^b,c

Time of day

<.001*

.261

 7.00 am – 7.59 am

300 (14.92 %)

232/300 (77.33)^b,c

15/300 (5.00 %)

 8.00 am – 9.59 am

303 (15.07 %)

219/303 (72.28)^a,c

18/303 (5.94 %)

 10.00 am 11.59 am

605 (30.08 %)

431/605 (71.24)^a,c

52/605 (8.60 %)

 3.00 pm – 3.59 pm

403 (20.04 %)

319/403 (79.16)^b

32/403 (7.94 %)

 4.00 pm – 4.59 pm

400 (19.89 %)

262/400 (65.50)^a

33/400 (8.25 %)