“…In contrast, the results of observational research on drivers' seat belt wearing in developing countries have shown that rates are considerably lower, including: 1% in Kenya, 9% in Argentina, 17.6% in Ghana, 47% in South Africa, 55% in Russia, 57% in Nigeria, 61.0% in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 47-70% in Turkey and 71.6% in Thailand (Nabipour et al, 2014, Siviroj et al, 2012, Popoola et al, 2013, Özkan et al, 2012, Bendak and Al-Saleh, 2013 (Nabipour et al, 2014). In another study in Tehran, also in the same year, researchers found seat belt use was 77% (Sadeghnejad et al, 2014). Unfortunately, there is only one observational study which was carried out prior to the above-mentioned research in Iran.…”