@article{ref1,
title="Seatbelt non-use and car crash injury: an interview study",
journal="Traffic injury prevention",
year="2005",
author="Blows, S. and Ivers, Rebecca Q. and Connor, J. and Ameratunga, Shanthi N. and Ameratunga, Mark and Norton, R.",
volume="6",
number="2",
pages="117-119",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationship between seatbelt non-use at the time of a crash, habitual non-use of seatbelts, and car crash injury; and to calculate the population attributable risk for car crash injury due to seatbelt non-use. METHODS: A population-based case control, interview study in Auckland, New Zealand, with 571 injured or killed drivers as cases and 588 population-based controls randomly selected from the driving population. RESULTS: Unbelted drivers had 10 times the risk of involvement in an injury crash compared to belted drivers after adjustment for multiple confounders. Habitual non-users were likely to be unbelted when involved in a crash. The population attributable risk for seatbelt non-use was 13%. CONCLUSIONS: Non-use of seatbelts is very strongly associated with increased injury crash involvement. Even where seatbelt use rates are higher than 90%, there remains a small group of habitual non-users who are at high risk; these drivers may benefit from targeted interventions.",
language="",
issn="1538-9588",
doi="10.1080/15389580590931572",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15389580590931572"
}