Over the next week North Yorkshire Police will be supporting a Europe-wide TISPOL seatbelt campaign.

TISPOL is an organisation established by the traffic police forces of Europe, in order to improve road safety and law enforcement on European roads. Its main priority is to reduce the number of people being killed and seriously injured.

With recent figures from the Department for Transport showing that almost 1 in every 10 vehicles (8%) stopped in Great Britain during the BRAKE 2014 road safety week, were for seatbelt or child restraint offences, it’s clear that people are still taking the chance and driving without ensuring that their passengers and themselves are belted in.

The figures also show that there were 53 child deaths in 2014, 5 more than 2013. The increase is believed to be down to children’s car seats not being fitted correctly, with an estimated 2 in every 3 car seats not being properly fitted.

The campaign, which runs from 7 to 13 September, demonstrates the coordinated approach that police forces across Europe are taking in tackling this issue.
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