title: Seatbelt non-use and car crash injury: an interview study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship between seatbelt non-use at the time of a crash, habitual non-use of seatbelts, and car crash injury; and to calculate the population attributable risk for car crash injury due to seatbelt non-use.
  
  
  METHODS
  A population-based case control, interview study in Auckland, New Zealand, with 571 injured or killed drivers as cases and 588 population-based controls randomly selected from the driving population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Unbelted drivers had 10 times the risk of involvement in an injury crash compared to belted drivers after adjustment for multiple confounders. Habitual non-users were likely to be unbelted when involved in a crash. The population attributable risk for seatbelt non-use was 13%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Non-use of seatbelts is very strongly associated with increased injury crash involvement. Even where seatbelt use rates are higher than 90%, there remains a small group of habitual non-users who are at high risk; these drivers may benefit from targeted interventions.
authors: The George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. sblows@thegeorgeinstitute.org
authors: Stephanie
authors: S
authors: Blows
authors: Rebecca Q
authors: RQ
authors: Ivers
authors: Jennie
authors: J
authors: Connor
authors: Shanthi
authors: S
authors: Ameratunga
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Ameratunga
authors: Robyn
authors: R
authors: Norton
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality