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March 5, 2015

Catch the CRZY Fall Seat Belt Results

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During the Fall of 2014, Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) launched an activity to increase seat belt use among teen drivers and passengers at TDS schools. The activity, named Catch the CRZY!, consisted of a pre-observation, three weeks of messaging, a post-observation, and a pizza party for the schools that completed and returned all observation data. The activity was offered to all program schools. Thirty-five schools signed up to complete the activity, twenty-two completed the pre-observations and twenty of those returned all data.

High school student teams were asked to observe teen drivers and passengers and log if they did or did not have their seat belts fastened. Junior High student teams were asked to observe teen passengers and log seat belt use.

Below are highlights of key data and results:

Texas Schools

High School #1 population: 1600

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 196 200
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 83% 94%

11%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 62% 84%

22%

 

High School #2 population: 268

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 133 118
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 54% 71%

17%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 77% 58%

-19%

 

High School #3 population: 745

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 600 600
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 98% 100%

2%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 76% 78%

2%

 

High School #4 population: 200

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 126 104
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 72% 73%

1%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 78% 80%

2%

 

High School #5 population: 147

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 33 35
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 88% 100%

12%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 88% 87%

-1%

High School #6 population: 450

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 33 46
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 94% 98%

4%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 43% 80%

37%

 

High School #7 population: 150

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 67 29
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 67% 79%

12%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 54% 69%

15%

Texas High Schools Weighted Aggregate

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 1188 1132
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 85.7% 92.8%

+ 7.1%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 71.7% 76.9%

+ 5.2%

Total passenger counts: Pre-745, Post-877.

Georgia High Schools

High School #8 population: 1200

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 109 153
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 94% 96%

2%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 80% 75%

-5%

 

High School #9 population: 900

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 113 122
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 79% 90%

11%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 68% 74%

6%

 

High School #10 population: 402

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 55 72
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 78% 93%

15%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 37% 43%

6%

 Georgia High School Weighted Aggregate

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 277 347
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 84% 93%

+ 8.9%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 64% 68%

+ 4.0%

Total passenger counts: Pre-153 , Post-141

 

Texas Junior Highs

High School / Jr. High #11 population: 125

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed* 104 97
Total # of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 91% 93%

2%

*school has few students who drive, so only passenger count was taken.

 

Middle School #12 population: 1300

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 686 132
Total # of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 83% 95%

12%

 

Middle School #13 population: 1170

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 446 272
Total # of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 64% 82%

18%

 Texas Junior High Weighted Aggregate

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Passengers Observed 1,236 501
Total # of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 76% 88%

+11.4%

Nebraska Schools

Jr. High #14 population: 115

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 8 16
Total # of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 38% 44%

6%

High School #15 population: 115

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed* 24 28
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 67% 64%

-2%

* This schools did not count passengers on post-observations. Vehicles observed are not included in the aggregate driver percentage.

High School #16 population: 274

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 53 56
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 87% 91%

4%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 79% 91%

12%

 

High School #17 population: 158

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 93 95
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 55% 59%

4%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 55% 59%

4%

 

High School #18 population: 250

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 93 100
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 61% 75%

14%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 72% 92%

20%

 

High School #19 population: 1200

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 310 222
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 60% 63%

3%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 64% 76%

12%

High School #20 population: 600

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 56 70
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 84% 87%

3%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 58% 44%

-14%

Nebraska High School Weighted Aggregate

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 629 571
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt* 64% 70%

+ 6.3%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 63% 72%

+ 8.7%

Total passenger counts: Pre-359, Post-258.

California Schools

High School #21 population: 602

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 75 76
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 96% 79%

-17%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 92% 60%

-32%

Total Participant Weighted Aggregate

Pre-Counts Post-Counts % Change
Total # of Vehicles Observed 2194 2222
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt 79.6% 84.9%

+ 5.3%

Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt 72.7% 77%

+ 4.3%

Total passenger counts: Pre-2493, Post-1777.
These results were sent to the school, along with a $100 gift card to congratulate them on their achievements after only three weeks of outreach and related messaging.

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