PART A: To be completed by the Governor's Highway Safety Representative (GR) or if applicable, the Coordinator of the State Highway Safety Office.
State:
Calendar Year of Survey:
Statewide Seat Belt Use Rate:
I hereby certify that:
• ________________has been designated by the Governor as the State's Highway Safety Representative (GR), and if applicable, the GR has delegated the authority to sign the certification in writing to __________________, the Coordinator of the State Highway Safety Office.
• The reported Statewide seat belt use rate is based on a survey design that was approved by NHTSA, in writing, as conforming to the Uniform Criteria for State Observational Surveys of Seat Belt Use, 23 CFR Part 1340.
• The survey design has remained unchanged since the survey was approved by NHTSA.
• ________________, a qualified survey statistician, has reviewed the seat belt use rate reported above and information reported in Part B and has determined that they meet the Uniform Criteria for State Observational Surveys of Seat Belt Use, 23 CFR Part 1340.
Signature
Date
Printed name of signing official
Part B—Data Collected at Observation Sites
| Site ID
| Site type
1
| Date
observed
| Sample weight
| Number of drivers
| Number of front Passengers
| Number of occupants
2 belted
| Number of occupants unbelted
| Number of occupants with
unknown
belt use
|
|---|
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| Total | | | | | | | | |
Standard Error of Statewide Belt Use Rate
3
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1 Identify if the observation site is an original observation site or an alternate observation site.
2 Occupants refer to both drivers and passengers.
3 The standard error may not exceed 2.5 percent.
Nonresponse Rate, as provided in § 1340.9(f)
Nonresponse rate for the survey variable seat belt use: ________