Assessment of seat belt use in University of Cape Coast campus, Ghana

Figures & data

Table 1. Observed seat belt use by drivers, front-right passengers and two rear-seat passengers.

Variables	Drivers		Front-right passenger		First rear-passenger		Second rear-passenger
	% Belted	No. Observed	% Belted	No. Observed	% Belted	No. Observed	% Belted	No. Observed
Vehicles	22.2	3451	6.3	1728	0.2	1264	0	1176
Gender
Male	17.9	3010	2.4	1324	0.2	1168	0	1176
Female	51.9	441	19.1	404	1.0	96	0	0
Age-group, driver
<26 years old	63.3	60	–	–	–	–	–	–
26–50 years old	21.1	3350	–	–	–	–		–
>50 years old	46.3	41	–	–	–	–	–	–
Age-group, passenger
<18 years old	–	–	1.7	73	0	0	0	1176
18–50 years old	–	–	6.5	1655	0.2	1264
>50 years old	–	–	0	0	0	0
Vehicle type
Private sedan car	30.8	1235	13.6	360	1.3	154	0	141
SUV	57.3	248	42.1	95	1.8	56	0	52
Taxi	10	1504	1.3	913	0	749	0	723
Minibus	15.3	354	1.8	276	0	242	0	227
Large bus	88.9	45	5.3	57	0	63	0	33
Heavy truck	4	25	0	19	0	0	0	0
Vehicle usage
Private	33.7	1374	20.6	408	1.7	174	0	159
Commercial	10.3	1863	1	1194	0	988	0	952
Company	84.8	46	28.1	32	0	29	0	25
Government/institutional	58.1	129	4.7	85	0	73	0	40

Source: Authors’ Field Survey, 2016.

Table 2. Front-right passenger seat belt use in relation to Driver belt use.

Driver wearing a seat belt?	Front-right passenger in seat belt?		Total	p-value
	Yes n(%)	No n(%)
Yes	63 (16.7)	314 (83.3)	377 (21.8)	0.000
No	46 (3.4)	1307 (96.6)	1353 (93.7)
Weighted total	109 (6.3)	1621 (93.7)	1730 (100.0)

Source: Author’s Field Survey, 2016.