Influence of social campaigns promoting use ofsafety belts and child restraint systems results of survey on road users behaviourregarding restraints

摘要

This article focuses on road traffic safety in Poland, where the risk ofserious injury and death in accident has remained high. We present examples ofcampaigns on the use of seat belts and child restraints system between 2005 and 2015promoting positive behaviour in road traffic. Results of self-reported data from survey inreal traffic on vehicles’ road user’s behaviour due to the usage of protective equipmentbetween 2014-2016 were collected and analysed. The scientific achievement of the articleis a new approach of presenting the relation between educational character of socialcampaigns on road safety and their dropping effect on accidents and fatalities’ statistics.Recorded annual decline confirms a need of periodic survey on road users’ behaviour andongoing education of road users through mass media – to use safety restraints for childrenand adults, as the simplest and most-effective passive safety device in a vehicle,minimalizing the injuries during accident.