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Seat-belt use hits record number in Alabama

Monday, June 2, 2014

MONTGOMERY – A record 97 percent of Alabamians buckled up in 2013, according to a report released this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The report comes as Alabama’s 2014 “Click It or Ticket” safety belt enforcement campaign begins this week.

The state’s seat-belt-use rate is up 7 percentage points from the 90 percent rate in 2012. The new data, part of NHTSA’s annual National Occupancy Protection Use Survey, puts Alabama third in the nation behind Oregon and California. The national average was 87 percent.

The seat-belt rate was measured using observational surveys conducted in Alabama as part of the 2013 “Click It or Ticket” traffic safety campaign. Each year during the Memorial Day holiday period, the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs provides grant funding to local law enforcement agencies to conduct seat-belt safety checkpoints and extra patrols in areas where a high number of vehicle crashes have occurred.

ADECA Director Jim Byard Jr. said he is encouraged that so many Alabamians are getting the message that seat belts save lives.

“While we’re happy about these 2013 numbers, it is vital that every vehicle occupant continue to buckle up and stay safe on our roads,” Byard said. “The extra patrols and increased visibility of law enforcement officers serve to remind motorists that seat belts and safe driving are especially critical during major holidays.”

Continuing through June 1, officers from 232 law enforcement agencies around Alabama are working overtime to enforce Alabama’s seat belt laws and remove dangerous drivers from the roadways. ADECA distributed $200,000 in grants from funds made available by NHTSA to cover overtime expenses during the enforcement campaign.

In addition to programs supporting law enforcement and traffic safety, ADECA manages a wide range of programs that support workforce development, energy conservation, economic development, water resource management and recreation.

More information about “Click It or Ticket” can be found at www.adeca.alabama.gov.

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