Zero Crazy Seat Belt Results – Fall 2016

During the fall of 2016, Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) launched the 4^th annual Zero Crazy activity to increase seat belt use among teen drivers and passengers at TDS schools. The activity consists 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. Seventy-three schools signed up to complete the activity, forty-one completed the pre-observations and forty (up from twenty-nine in 2015) 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. Some high schools with a low percentage of teen drivers also chose to count adult drivers.

Texas TDS schools have reached over 90% seat belt usage rate.

All Schools Weighted Aggregate

	Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
All 2016 participants
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	86.12%	86.93%	+0.81%
Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	74.85%	78.09%	+3.24%
First Year Schools (2013-2016)
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	83.25%	84.88%	+1.63%
Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	66.56%	69.09%	+2.53%
Two – Four Year Schools (i.e. schools that have completed the activity 2, 3, or 4 years)
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	82.81%	86.32%	+3.51%
Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	76.22%	80.65%	+4.43%

 

Texas High Schools Weighted Aggregate

	Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
All 2016 participants (13 schools)
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	90.87%	91.61%	+0.74%
Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	78.05%	88.65%	+10.6%
Two – Four Year Schools (i.e. schools that have completed the activity 2, 3, or 4 years)
Total # of Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	89.83%	93.81%	+3.98%
Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	81.25%	84.59%	+3.35%