The Kansas Department of Transportation and Kansas Highway Patrol urge drivers and passengers to use seatbelts. Within the past two weeks, over a four day period, six crashes left seven people dead.  None of the people killed were wearing seatbelts.  KHP and K-DOT remind drivers that it takes seconds to buckle up. They say that time can make a difference in surviving a wreck or not. 

 

The Kansas Department of Transportation offers statistics that indicate in 2017 seatbelt compliance was at the highest rate over a several year span.  The public information office says as safety constraint usage increases, the number of deaths decreases.