Another Crash
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Images from the Danger Zone
Here are some of the traffic crashes that
have occurred in our county. Don't become a statistic. Please Buckle Up! |
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In
fatal crashes, 75 percent of passenger car occupants who were totally
ejected from the vehicle were killed.
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Did you remember to wear your seatbelt! |
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Safety
belts are effective in preventing total ejections: only 1 percent of
the occupants reported to have been using restraints were totally ejected,
compared with 21 percent of the unrestrained occupants. |
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Alcohol-related
traffic fatalities fell to 15,935 in 1998 - 38 percent of all traffic
fatalities for the year. |
| NHTSA
estimates that alcohol was involved in 39 percent of fatal crashes and 7
percent of all crashes in 1998. |
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