Warwickshire Police stop 95 drivers for not wearing seatbelts

Seventy Traffic Offence Reports (TORs) were issued to drivers and passengers for failing to wear a seatbelt and 25 people were given words of advice.

TORs were given to drivers who are responsible for ensuring that anyone under the age of 14 in the vehicle wears a seat belt or uses an appropriate child restraint as required by law, and to passengers over the age of 14 who are themselves responsible for wearing a seatbelt. This included 2 children who were found not wearing appropriate child restraints.

The campaign also resulted in the arrest of a man who was wanted, the arrest of a disqualified driver whose vehicle was also seized and the arrest of a suspected drug driver.

Of the 95 drivers stopped, 46 were in cars, 47 were in vans and 2 were HGV drivers. The vast majority – 86 were male with only 9 female drivers stopped for not wearing seatbelts. Only 6 drivers were under 25 years of age.

During the campaign police and partners asked drivers and passengers to please all make it a habit to check everyone in the vehicle is wearing a seatbelt as it could save a life.

Sergeant Shaun Bridle said "The results of this campaign clearly show why officers will continue to proactively look for anyone not wearing a seatbelt in any vehicles. Its disappointing to see so many over 25’s driving without a seat belt being worn, and in particular van drivers.

"Seatbelts save lives, it’s as simple as that and that’s why we are asking friends and family to look out for each other by checking each other’s seatbelts. Please make this a habit. National statistics tell us you are twice as likely to die in a collision if you are not wearing your seatbelt so you really could be saving a life."