The Number of Unrestrained Fatalities Continues to Rise in Alabama: More Lives Could Be Saved IF People Would Buckle Up

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Falta de Uso de Cinturón Aumenta Victimas en Alabama: Más vidas podrian ser salvadas SI la gente se abrochara
MONTGOMERY=Reportes de actividad de choques del Alabama Department of Public Safety demuestran que el número de personas que mueren en choques de vehiculos con cinturones de seguridad que no eran usados aumentó el último mes.
    De acuerdo con la información preliminaria de choques de tráfico, hubo 45 personas muertas en choques de vehiculos investigados por patrullas estatales en Alabama en Abril 2013 comparado con 42 en Marzo. De esos , 37 iban en vehiculos equipados con cinturones de seguridad, y 26 victimas no iban abrochadas, en Marzo sólo 20. Seis muertes más.
    "Demasiada gente continúa pereciendo en choques porque no se abrochan el cinturón," dijo John Cooper, Director de Transporte, "Está comprobado que abrochándose cada vez que maneja o se es pasajero ayuda a salvar vidas. Abrochándose en el asiento delantero asi como en el trasero puede ayudar a mejorar sus chances de sobrevivir un accidente."
    La última información del Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Alabama muestra 175 victimas en este año. De estas victimas, 132 iban en vehiculos con cinturones de seguridad y 82 no estaban abrochadas.
   Datos preliminares de choques investigados por Alabama State Troopers indica que el 59% de todas las fatalidades de tráfico en 2012 no iban usando su cinturón cuando murieron. En 2012, 513 personas murieron accidents investigados por patrullas en carreteras rurales, estatales, U.S. e interestatales de Alabama. De éstas, 424 iban en vehiculos equipados con cinturones y 251 no los iban usando. Información de choques investigados por la aplicación local de la ley no será compilada sino hasta más tarde este año. El promedio anual de muertes por no usar el cinturón durante los últimos 5 años es un alarmante 60%.
     DPS y ALDOT se han unido para dar a conocer al público cada mes el número de muertes por no ir abrochados investigados por patrulleros en un esfuerzo de aumentar el uso de cinturones de seguridad y asi disminuir las muertes en las carreteras de Alabama.
     Para más información,visite www.dot.state.al.us.

The Number of Unrestrained Fatalities Continues to Rise in Alabama: More Lives Could Be Saved IF People Would Buckle Up
MONTGOMERY – Crash activity reports from the Alabama Department of Public Safety show the number of people who died in vehicle crashes where seat belts were available and were not wearing seat belts increased from last month.
     According to preliminary traffic crash data, there were 45 people killed in vehicle crashes investigated by state troopers in Alabama in April 2013 compared to 42 in March. Of that number, 37 were in vehicles where seat belts were available, and 26 victims were not wearing seat belts up from 20 in March. That’s six more deaths.
    “Too many people continue to die in crashes because they are not wearing seat belts,” said Transportation Director John Cooper. “It’s a proven fact that buckling up every time we get behind the wheel or ride as a passenger helps save lives. Buckling up in the front seat as well as the back seat can help improve your chances of surviving a crash.”
     The latest information from the Alabama Department of Public Safety shows 157 people were killed thus far in 2013. Of that number, 132 were in vehicles where seat belts were available and 82 victims were not restrained.
     Preliminary data from crashes investigated by Alabama State Troopers indicates 59 percent of all traffic fatalities in 2012 were not wearing seat belts at the time of their deaths. For 2012, 513 people died in crashes investigated by troopers on Alabama’s rural, state, U.S. and interstate highways. Of those, 424 were in vehicles where seat belts were available, and 251 were not wearing seat belts. Crash data from crashes investigated by local law enforcement won’t be compiled until later this year. The annual average of fatality victims not wearing seat belts during the past five years is an alarming 60 percent.
     DPS and ALDOT are jointly releasing to the public each month the number of unrestrained fatalities in crashes investigated by troopers in an effort to improve seat belt use and decrease deaths on Alabama highways.
     For additional information, visit www.dot.state.al.u.