The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau in Iowa is partnering with law enforcement across the state to support the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s “Click it, Don’t Risk It” high-visibility enforcement effort.
The national seat belt campaign runs from now until June 2nd.
It is perceived everyone wears a seat belt, but data shows that’s not true.
In 2023, 45 percent of the traffic fatalities in Iowa were unbuckled, that translates to 123 lives lost.
In a Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau survey of over 1,450 Iowans, 88 percent reported always buckling up in the front seat, while only 67 percent always buckled in the back seat.
