Motor Vehicle Safety & Seatbelts

in the

Department Of Defense
OSHA/NHTSA MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY SYMPOSIUM
Panel Discussion: Managing Effective Seatbelt Programs
New Orleans, LA

Alex Beehler
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Environment, Safety & Occupational Health)
14 September 2004
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Where We Drive
Installations & Environment / AT&L

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 What we drive
Installations & Environment / AT&L

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 Our Drivers
Installations & Environment / AT&L

High Risk Drivers DoD Military Population

• Male • Mostly Male

• 18-26 yrs old • Mostly 18-26 yrs old

• Type “A” • Mostly Type “A”

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 3 Worlds
Installations & Environment / AT&L

“On Base” “Off Base” Deployed 5

Government Vehicles
Installations & Environment / AT&L

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 Tactical Vehicles
Installations & Environment / AT&L

Demetrius Rice Tatjana Reed

Cpl, USMC Sgt, USA
killed in vehicle accident killed by homemade bomb
detonated near her convoy

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 Privately Owned Vehicles
“Off Duty”
Installations & Environment / AT&L

Half of all “accidental” fatalities

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 Vehicle Fatality Impact
Installations & Environment / AT&L

1. Needless loss of life. 2. Loss of a

dad, mom, sister, brother, cousin … 3.
Loss of a highly trained war-fighter.

Rodney Murray
Sgt, U.S. Army
Ayden, NC
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 Strategy
Installations & Environment / AT&L

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