Zero Crazy Seat Belt Results – Fall 2019

During the fall of 2019, Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) launched the 7^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. Twenty-nine schools completed all requirements.

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 only teen passengers.

Questions regarding data may be directed to Stacey Tisdale at [email protected].

 

All Vehicles with Teen Drivers Weighted Aggregate

	Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
All 2019 Schools – Vehicles with Teen Drivers
Teen Driver Sampling	3,420	3,405
Total % of Teen Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	80.89%	88.29%	+7.40%
Teen Passenger Sampling	1,910	1,860
Total % of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	75.72%	84.03%	+8.30%
First Year Schools (i.e. taken from the first year schools which have completed the activity 2013-2019)
Teen Driver Sampling	12,819	12,088
Total % of Teen Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	82.43%	85.28%	+2.85%
Teen Passenger Sampling	8,617	7,417
Total % of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	71.67%	74.44%	+2.77%
Multi-Year Schools last year completed (i.e. taken from the latest year schools which have completed the activity 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 years)
Teen Driver Sampling	4,460	4,437
Total % of Teen Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	82.87%	90.16%	+7.29%
Teen Passenger Sampling	2,706	2,663
Total % of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	77.60%	86.85%	+9.25%

 

Texas Vehicles with Teen Drivers – Weighted Aggregate

 

	Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
Texas 2019 participants (9 schools)
Total % of Teen Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	88.35%	90.41%	+2.06%
Total % of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	84.46%	85.52%	+1.06%
Texas First Year Schools (i.e. taken from the first year schools completed the activity 2013-2019, 34 schools)
Total % of Teen Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	85.50%	88.36%	+2.87%
Total % of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	73.73%	75.72%	+1.99%
Texas Multi-Year Schools last year completed (i.e. taken from the latest year which have completed the activity 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 years, 14 schools)
Total % of Teen Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	88.65%	92.24%	+3.59%
Total % of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	85.76%	90.65%	+4.89%

 

Georgia Vehicles with Teen Drivers – Weighted Aggregate

	Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
Georgia 2019 participants (6 schools)
Total % of Teen Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	77.08%	88.47%	+11.39%
Total % of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	66.41%	79.35%	+12.94%
Georgia First Year Schools (i.e. taken from the first year schools completed the activity 2014-2019, 20 schools)
Total % of Teen Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	79.56%	81.36%	+1.80%
Total % of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	66.08%	71.77%	+5.68%
Georgia Multi-Year Schools last year completed (i.e. taken from the latest year schools which have completed the activity 2, 3, or 4 years, 5 schools)
Total % of Teen Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	79.88%	92.02%	+12.04%
Total % of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	69.05%	84.78%	+15.73%

 

Nebraska Vehicles with Teen Drivers – Weighted Aggregate

	Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
Nebraska 2019 participants (7 schools)
Total % of Teen Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	77.52%	81.68%	+4.17%
Total # of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	73.75%	88.88%	+15.13%
Nebraska First Year Schools (i.e. taken from the first year schools completed the activity 2014-2019, 17 schools)
Total % of Teen Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	64.60%	74.30%	+9.70%
Total # of Teen Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	60.03%	77.24%	+17.20%
Nebraska Multi-Year Schools last year completed (i.e. taken from the latest year schools which have completed the activity 2, 3, 4, or 5 years, 6 schools)
Total % of Teen Drivers Wearing a Seat Belt	76.06%	78.92%	+2.85%
Total # of Passengers Wearing a Seat Belt	74.03%	85.05%	+11.03%