Police in Bucks have been supporting the NPCC’s national seat belt operation.
2023 marks the 40th anniversary of seat belt wearing becoming compulsory in the UK, however there are still drivers who choose to put their lives at risk by not wearing a seat belt for every journey. The risk of death doubles if you crash when not wearing a seat belt.
Local officers have been conducting a number of high visibility checks. This has included work in Buckinghamshire to help people to fit child’s car seats properly. Officers have been working with Buckinghamshire County Council Road Safety Team along with a company called Good Egg Safety to check child car seats are fitted properly and to offer educational advice.
At Gate House Way in Aylesbury, 35 vehicles had child seats checked with only 2 fitted correctly, while at Asda in High Wycombe 21 vehicles had their child seats checked, with all of them needing minor adjustment.
Inspector Scott Long of the Thames Valley Police Roads Policing Joint Operational Unit said: “I cannot stress enough how important it is for people to wear a seat belt when they are in a vehicle. It is one of four fatal errors that we see far too often in road traffic collisions alongside drink/drug driving, speeding and using a phone. Every day our officers are arriving at shocking scenes that could have been prevented."
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