Have You Clicked? campaign to highlight seatbelt safety

Wearing of seatbelts down among Scottish bus, coach and minibus drivers.

The Have You Clicked? campaign has been launched to highlight the importance of wearing a seatbelt.

The campaign was launched by The Scottish Government, Road Safety Scotland and the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland.

A survey carried out for the Department for Transport last year found that 95 per cent of car drivers in Scotland wear seatbelts.

However, this dropped to just 23 per cent among bus, coach and minibus drivers. The figure was 58 per cent for lorry drivers and 82 per cent for van drivers and car passengers were found to wear seatbelts more often than passengers in other vehicles.

Kathleen Braidwood, RoSPA Scotland’s road safety officer, said: "This new campaign presents a fantastic opportunity to focus on an issue that has the potential to save lives and reduce the number and severity of injuries on Scotland’s roads."

"Nearly a third of people killed in cars are not wearing seatbelts and it has been estimated that at least half of those would have survived had they been strapped in."

Further information:
The Scottish Government