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occupants died in traffic crashes between the nighttime hours of
6:00 p.m. and 5:59 a.m. during 2005, according to the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) – and 59 percent of
those passenger vehicle occupants killed were
NOT
wearing their seat belts at the time of the fatal crash.
The proportion of unbuckled deaths at night is considerably higher than the nearly as alarming 44 percent of passenger vehicle occupants who were not wearing their seats belts and were killed during daytime hours across the nation that same year. In 2007 on Kentucky's highways, 864 people died in collisions. 56% of them were not using their seat belts. That’s why the Oldham County Police Department is joining the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety along with other state and local law enforcement and highway safety officials during mid-May through Memorial Day to launch an aggressive national “Click It or Ticket” seat belt enforcement mobilization to crack down on low seat belt use and to reduce highway fatalities – with a new emphasis this year on convincing more motorists to buckle up – day and night. Regular seat belt use is the single most effective way to protect people and reduce fatalities in motor vehicle crashes. In 2005, 77 percent of passenger vehicle occupants in a serious crash who were buckled up, survived the crash, and that when worn correctly, seat belts have proven to reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passenger car occupants by 45 percent – and by 60 percent – in pickup trucks, SUVs and mini-vans. Yet nearly one in five Americans (19 percent nationally) still fail to regularly wear their seat belts when driving or riding in a motor vehicle according to NHTSA’s observational seat belt studies. Stepped-up law enforcement activities to include road checks will be conducted during the national “Click It or Ticket” enforcement mobilization, which runs May 19-June 1. The mobilization is being supported by a multi-million dollar paid national advertising campaign, and additional advertising in each state, to encourage all motorists, but especially motorists at night, to always buckle up. Road Checks will be conducted at the following locations:
May 19, 2008 13:00 to 15:00 hours May 20, 2008
23:00 to 01:00 hours May 23, 2008
13:00 to 15:00 hours May 23, 2008
21:00 to 01:00 hours May 25, 2008
13:00 to 15:00 hours May 26, 2008
15:00 to 17:00 hours May 30, 2008
21:00 to 01:00 hours May 31, 2008
23:00 to 01:00 hours
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