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Table 2-31: Estimated Number <strong>of</strong> Lives Saved by Occupant Protection, Motorcycle Helmets, and Drinking Age Law1975-1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 (R) 2008 2009Safety belts a,b 68,940 9,882 10,710 11,259 11,680 11,941 12,882 13,295 14,264 15,095 15,548 15,688 15,458 15,223 13,312 12,713 267,890Air bags c 730 536 783 973 1,208 1,491 1,716 1,978 2,324 2,519 2,660 2,752 2,824 2,800 2,557 2,381 30,232Motorcycle helmets 15,076 624 617 627 660 745 872 947 992 1,173 1,324 1,554 1,667 1,788 1,836 1,483 31,985Age 21 minimum legal drinking age 14,816 851 846 846 861 901 922 927 922 918 927 882 888 831 716 623 27,677Child restraints 3,107 408 480 444 438 447 479 388 383 447 455 424 427 388 286 309 9,310KEY: R = revised.Total1975-2009a Represents all adults and children age 5 and older. Data are for passenger vehicles, which include cars, light trucks, vans, pickups, and utility vehicles. Excludes medium andheavy trucks.bIn 2002, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) revised its method for estimating lives saved by safety belts. The previous method included survey data fromstates with and without belt use laws. The current method relies on police-reported restraint use information for each individual occupant fatality. Also, the estimate now includeslives saved in passenger vehicles at all seating positions, where previously it had been front outboard positions only.c In 2002, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revised the method for calculating lives saved by air bagsSOURCEU.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2009 (Final Edition) (Washington DC: 2011), http://wwwnrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/cats/listpublications.aspx?Id=E&ShowBy=DocTypeas <strong>of</strong> Dec. 16, 2011.

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