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SAFE. Seatbelts are for Everyone. A cooperative effort to increase restraint compliance through positive rewards, education and enforcement. The Beginning. Four Ulysses High School students kill in automobile crash.
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SAFE Seatbelts are for Everyone
A cooperative effort to increase restraint compliance through positive rewards, education and enforcement
The Beginning Four Ulysses High School students kill in automobile crash. The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the four high school girls who died Thursday morning in a tragic car accident. The girls, on their school lunch break, were struck by a semi on the east side of the city Thursday. Another girl in the car was injured.
Ulysses • The state of Kansas LOST THREE 16 YEAR OLD BOYS IN DONIPHAN COUNTY IN 6 WEEKS • ALL IN SEPARATE CRASHES • ALL EJECTED 3 teens dead, Lyon County
How S.A.F.E. Started Dave Corp Law Enforcement Liaison for the Kansas Department of Transportation Sheriff Sandy Horton Crawford County
School Administration • Partners (law enforcement & community) • Student organizational meeting • Fundraising • Survey training • Baseline survey • Education phase • Second survey • Enforcement phase • Final survey
Enforcement • Without enforcement, SAFE will fail. • It makes Law Enforcement more likely to become aware of the law. • Law Enforcement are more likely to obey the law and buckle-up themselves. • Enforcement filters up to the Adult and down to the younger children. • It allows Law Enforcement to observe the success and or failure of the program.
Survey Results • Arma57 % • Colgan80% • Frontenac 70% • Girard 55% • Pittsburg 64% • Southeast 82% • Overall 68% Arma 82% Colgan 82% Frontenac 81% Girard 89% Pittsburg 78% Southeast 94% Overall 84%
It is not just about teens 2007 Seat Belt Survey in Crawford Co. 38% 2008 Seat Belt Survey in Crawford Co. 54%
6 counties-FY2009 30 counties-FY2010 31 counties-FY2011 38 counties-FY2012
Proof in the Pudding!! Final Results for 2010-2011 School Year
94 Schools in 29 counties participated and completed the SAFE program. • Over 670* Students were involved in leading their local SAFE Programs • 40,100 Students attended participating schools and heard the safe messaging * Number based on schools’ reports. Not all schools reported.
Schools implementing SAFE for 2 or more years. Baseline survey data compared to final survey data
Results96% of all the participating schools experienced positive change in the number of seat belts used. The average baseline survey for all the schools was 63.9% and the average final survey was 78.2%, making the average increase across all of the participating schools 14.2%.
Stand Out Schools Highest Final Survey Results: ·Waverly, Coffey County- 100% ·Belle Plaine, Sumner County– 98% ·Olpe, Lyon County– 96% Highest Increases: ·Waverly, Coffey County– 68% ·Conway Springs, Sumner County– 41% ·Oakley, Logan County– 40%
Crawford County Crawford county has the longest running SAFE program. The graphs below show the crashes and fatalities experienced in this county since SAFE began.
Enforcement Makes the Difference Involvement of local law enforcement provides the added deterrent to this successful program
CITATIONS ISSUED OVER THREE YEARSCRAWFORD COUNTY • 2008-PRE SAFE 292 CITATIONS • 2009-IRST YEAR SAFE 64 CITATIONS • 2010-2ND YEAR SAFE25 CITATIONS
TEEN DEATHS DUE TO CRASHES IN 2011 • 41 Deaths • 76 % were unrestrained • Those involved in crashes that were unharmed or had no life threating injuries,were restrained 92% of the time. • LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH!
2012 Statewide High School Seatbelt Enforcement
www.ktsro.org Laura Moore-SAFE Coordinator