Compulsory wearing of seat belts in New South Wales, Australia : an evaluation of its effect on vehicle occupant deaths in the first year : TARU 4/73

Created 07/06/2025

Updated 07/06/2025

In New South Wales, the wearing of seat belts was compelled by a new regulation (Regulation 110F) under the Motor Traffic Act, 1909, in the following terms: "No person shall, while occupying a seat position in a motor car to which a seat belt has been fitted for the seat position, drive or travel, upon a public street, in that motor car unless he is wearing that belt and the belt is properly adjusted and securely fastened." The penalty for an offence under this regulation was set at $20 (Australian). Exemptions were set down for various categories of vehicle use (such as house-to-house delivery work) and vehicle occupant (such as children of under the age of eight years).

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Title Compulsory wearing of seat belts in New South Wales, Australia : an evaluation of its effect on vehicle occupant deaths in the first year : TARU 4/73
Language English
Licence lsba
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/bfb431ce-f5a4-4326-9930-036b82bdab98
Remote Last Updated 08/09/2021
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NSW Government
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Reference Period 08/09/2021
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This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "Compulsory wearing of seat belts in New South Wales, Australia : an evaluation of its effect on vehicle occupant deaths in the first year : TARU 4/73". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/3-17541-compulsory-wearing-of-seat-belts-in-new-south-wales-australia-an-evaluation-of-its-effe