Seat belt related deaths are on the rise across Ontario.
The OPP is launching its fall seat belt campaign with some sobering statistics.
Authorities say 42 people have been killed in collisions on OPP-patrolled roads so far this year because they weren’t properly restrained, that’s a 20% increase over the same time last year.
“The OPP’s front-line officers know first-hand from responding to tens of thousands of motor vehicle collisions every year that a driver or passenger’s best chance of surviving a crash is by buckling up and benefitting from the proven, science-based protection a seat belt is designed to provide,” says Deputy Commissioner Rose DiMarco.
Officers will be out in force over the next few weeks to remind all drivers and passengers to buckle up.
