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Crackdown on Teens Who Don't Buckle Up

When violence hits our schools and children die, we hear a national outcry.  It's time that our nation express similar outrage about the more than 4,000 teens who die in traffic crashes each year.  Clearly our teens are at risk.  Fatality rates for teens are twice that of older drivers, and the risk of crashes for teens is four times that of older drivers.

That is why the Elizabethtown Police Department is participating in Buckle Up Kentucky, the largest-ever nationwide crackdown on drivers who don't buckle up and don't buckle up children.  This year, law enforcement is placing special emphasis on teens.  From November 25 - December 1, officers will sharply intensify enforcement of seat belt and child passenger safety laws, with "zero tolerance" for violators.  During this enforcement blitz, we will conduct saturation patrols using daily increased enforcement and ticket drivers who violate these traffic safety laws.

Buckle Up Kentucky is part of the Operation ABC Mobilization, and we participate in these crackdowns because they work.  According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motor vehicle crashes are still the leading cause of death for 15-20 year olds.  Since the Mobilizations began, national belt usage is at an all-time high of 85 percent reached in 2010.  This is a gain from the 84 percent in 2009.

 

                                 

Collisions Worked on Elizabethtown Roadways

November of 2011

Elizabethtown Police investigated 116 collisions during the month of November 2011. 106 occurred on roadways and 10 occurred on parking lots. Of these, 12 were injury collisions with 17 injured and transported to the hospital. Below is a partial summary of these collisions:

US Hwy 31W - 36 collisions:

  •  23 were north of the US31W Bypass

  •    9 were south of US31W Bypass and US Hwy 62

  •    4 were south of US Hwy 62

 

US Hwy 62 - 19 collisions: 

  • 13  were east of US31W

  •   6  were west of US31W

 

Hwy 3005- 11 collisions: 

  •   3  were east of US31W

  •   8  were west of US31W

 

Further Detail of Collisions on 31W between Gray St. and Childers Ct.

8 collisions in this area

Cause of Collisions

  •  5    Driver Inattention

  •  1    Failure to Yield Right of Way

  •  2    Other

Types of Collisions

  •  6    Rear End

  •  1    Angle

  •  1    Sideswipe Opposite Direction

 

 

High Risk Intersections for the Month

Consider all intersections on 31W from Nalls Road north to Pine Valley Drive high risk for collisions.  The total number of collisions for November decreased from the previous month, going from 130 to 116.  Injury collisions increased from 10 to 12 with 17 people transported to the hospital.

 So Please Be Alert.

 

 

Kentucky Statistics

A National Observational study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that when a driver is buckled, children are buckled 85 % of the time.  However, when a driver is unbuckled, children are restrained only 14% of the time.

 

 

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