As Ohioans and our visitors make their way to see family and friends this Thanksgiving, troopers will be making sure motorists are taking the proper safety measures by driving sober, not driving distracted, and wearing their safety belt. Troopers will be highly visible and cracking down on those driving impaired and those failing to wear a safety belt from Wednesday, November 23 at midnight through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 27.
MERCER COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - The State Highway Patrol says that the crash happened on State Route 29 in Jefferson Township around 1:45 Friday af…
Paulding resident Earl Chapman joined Ohio’s “Saved by the Belt” Club today after his safety belt saved him from sustaining life-threatening injuries. The crash occurred on State Route 637 at State Route 613 in Paulding County on June 25, 2022.
6/27/22- Press Release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol: Van Wert County – Van Wert resident Roderick K. Bowen joined Ohio’s “Saved by the B…
From May 23rd to May 30th, the six-state trooper project held a safety belt enforcement period, where a total of 4,712 were cited in the state of Ohio alone with safety belt violations. A total of 151 drivers were also cited for child safety seat citations in Ohio. Throughout the six states that participated, a total of 9,590 drivers were cited with safety belt violations and 527 child safety seat violations.
A survey was taken Thursday morning as they took note of how many people were wearing their seatbelts as they passed by. It only took an hour to count nearly 700 vehicles that passed by the corner of High and Jackson near the entrance to Lima Senior. It was all to reinforce that seat belts are your easiest defense to avoid injury in the event of a crash.
A fatal crash on I-75 left one dead and three seriously injured. The Lima Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol responded to a crash on April 10th, …
One person was taken to the hospital and drugs were seized following a rollover crash on I-75 Friday night. The crash happened just after 5 o’…
The Ohio State Highway Patrol along with Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia State Police released numbers on traffic citations given throughout another weeklong 6-State Trooper Project. For this enforcement week, they focused on failing to wear a safety belt. There were 9,873 citations across the six states, with 4,500 in Ohio. The enforcement initiative took place last week, ending after Memorial Day. Lieutenant Tim Grigsby with the OSHP Lima Post says while Ohio does account for nearly half of the violations, a more pressing number lies elsewhere.
