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The Effectiveness for Consolidating Fitment of Safety Belt Reminder

좌석안전띠 미착용 경고장치의 의무 장착에 따른 효과분석

  • 장정아 (아주대학교 TOD 기반 도시교통연구센터) ;
  • 심소정 (교통안전공단 자동차안전연구원 연구기획실) ;
  • 김영선 (교통안전공단 철도항공교통안전본부 철도기술처)
  • Received : 2016.09.20
  • Accepted : 2016.11.22
  • Published : 2016.12.31
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Abstract

It is widely recognised that the safety-belt is one of the most important and effective vehicle safety features. Nevertheless, actual safety-belt wearing rates are low in Korea, especially rear seats. In Korea, rear seat safety-belt use can be as low as 20%. Consolidating fitment of Safety Belt Reminder(SBR) is one of means to improve belt wearing rates. In this paper, we use the effect of wearing seat belt model as Evans(1991) model. As a key parameter, intial wearing seat belt rates is studied and final wearing seat belt rates is used as scenario related a human compliance variables. In this study, benefit analysis is performed when the effective SBR is made mandatory for all passenger car seat. According to study results, when the fitment of SBR is made mandatory for all passenger car seats in Korea, 119 lives are expected to be saved annually with a 90% observance rate of the SBR. In the same condition, benefit-cost ratio will be 1.84.

좌석 안전띠는 자동차 안전장치 중 차량의 안전상 가장 중요하고 효과적인 장치로 알려져 왔다. 우리나라의 경우 운해중 안전띠의 착용률, 특히 뒷좌석의 착용률이 낮다. 최근 조사 자료에 의하면 뒷좌석의 안전띠 착용률은 20%의 수준이다. 최근 좌석 안전띠 미착용 알림장치(Seat Belt Reminder, SBR)를 의무화하는 것을 고려중에 있다. 본 연구는 SBR의 의무화할 경우의 도입효과에 대한 분석이다. 본 연구에서 안전띠 착용효과는 해외의 연구사례(Evans(1991) 모형)를 준용하였다. 주요 변수로 안전띠 초기착용률은 국내 조사자료, SBR로 인한 목표 착용률은 운전자 순응도에 따른 시나리오에 따라 추정하였다. 연구 결과, 좌석안전띠 미착용 경고장치의 운전자 순응비율이 90%이상일 경우 매해 119명의 사망자의 감소효과를 가져올 것이고, 편익비용비가 1.84에 달할 것으로 분석되었다.

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