Transport written question – answered at on 18 April 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the seat belt wearing rate was in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) the Metropolitan Police Area of London (i) in the last period for which figures are available and (ii) in each month since 1990.
The Department for Transport does not collect data on seat belt wearing rates on a monthly basis or by locality. TRL Ltd undertakes surveys on behalf of the Department twice yearly at selected sites and weighting is applied to produce a national figure. The most recently published report, LF2096, is available online at: TRL website at: http://www.trl.co.uk/store/report_detail.asp?srid=4977&pid=211
Yes2 people think so
No3 people think not
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