Click It or Ticket: Seatbelts Save Lives :: Maryland Transportation News
The Maryland Transportation Authority’s (MDTA) annual Click It or Ticket campaign is currently underway. The two-week crack down on seatbelt enforcement will run through June 3rd.
Interesting Click It or Ticket Facts and Statistics
- Most fatal crashes happen within 25 miles from home and at speeds of less than 40 mph.
- Of all passenger vehicle occupants ejected from their vehicles, 78% suffered fatal injuries.
- If all passenger vehicle occupants (ages 5 and older) had worn their seatbelts in 2010, and additional 3,341 lives could have been saved.
- 70% of 18-34 year old passenger vehicle occupants killed in rural crashes at night were unbuckled.
- For SUV, pickup, and van occupants, seat belts reduce the risk of fatal injury by 60 percent.
- Young men are most at risk. Among passenger vehicle occupants, men ages 18-34, who were killed in fatal crashes, 66% were not buckled – the highest of any age group.
- The 2-week Click It or Ticket campaign has resulted in more than 3 million seatbelt violations over the last five years.
- The Click It or Ticket campaign averages a ticket every other second!
You can help protect your friends and family when you lead by example and remind others to buckle up. It turns out 9 out of 10 people fasten their seatbelt when asked to do so. So speak up and buckle up, every time on every trip.
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