THSO Announces Results to Annual Roadside Observational Survey

ON WEDNESDAY THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY SAFETY OFFICE ANNOUNCED RESULTS FROM IT’S ANNUAL ROADSIDE OBSERVATIONAL SURVEY TO DETERMINE THE STATE’S AVERAGE SEAT BELT RATE. THIS SURVEY RETURNED A STATEWIDE USAGE RATE OF 90.12 PERCENT. TENNESSEE DID NOT CONDUCT A STATEWIDE SURVEY IN 2020 DUE TO COVID. WHILE THE 2021 USAGE RATE DECREASED APPROXIMATELY 1.6 PERCENT COMPARED TO TENNESSEE’S 2019 SURVEY RESULT OF 91.75 PERCENT, THIS YEAR’S RESULT REFLECTS TENNESSEE’S THIRD HIGHEST ANNUAL SEAT BELT USAGE RATE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE SURVEY RESULTS GO TO TN. GOV.

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