CDOT is applauding you for buckling up more than ever.
A record 90.7% of drivers statewide use a seatbelt every time they get in a car, up 2.5% from 2024, up about 5.5% from 2015. Colorado is now within a half-percent of matching the national average, according to the National Traffic Highway Safety Administration.
“This is extremely encouraging news,” CDOT Executive Director Shoshana Lew says in a statement. “We know that seat belts play vital and life-saving roles during crashes. When more than 90% of Coloradans choose to buckle up, they are choosing to keep themselves, their loved ones and their community safe. Let’s get that number to one hundred.”
Buckling up more than anyone else are Grand County drivers, at a rate of more than 97%. Eagle and Park county drivers aren’t far behind at roughly 94%.
Worst of the bunch are Pueblo, at about 71%, and Jefferson, the I-70 gateway to Summit, at 75%.
Summit County was not included in this latest seatbelt survey.
The study found that SUV drivers (93.4%) and van drivers (92.9%) are the most frequent seat belt users, while pick-up truck drivers are the least frequent at 85.7%. Overall, as vehicles travel along roads with higher posted speed limits, occupants are more likely to wear their seat belts.