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In 2006, 15,046 passenger vehicle occupants died in traffic crashes between the nighttime hours of 6 p.m. and 5:59 a.m., according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) – and 64 percent of those passenger vehicle occupants killed were NOT wearing their seat belts at the time of the fatal crashes.

The proportion of unbuckled deaths at night is considerably higher than the alarming 46 percent of passenger vehicle occupants who were killed and were not wearing their seats belts during daytime hours across the nation that same year.

That’s why part of the 2008 Click It or Ticket campaign will focus on convincing more motorists to buckle up – day and night. More information about Ohio’s focused nighttime enforcement efforts will be available soon as ODPS joins forces with state and regional partners to raise awareness that ... Day or Night - Buckle Up or Pay Up.