GETTING BELTED: Lyle Whitten of the Westminster...
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GETTING BELTED: Lyle Whitten of the Westminster California Highway Patrol office has a fast answer as to why Orange County traffic fatalities are lower--down 10% in 1991. . . . “Seat belts,” Whitten says. “There is a direct correlation between seat belt use going up and traffic deaths going down. . . . But the statistics are still grim: While Orange County ranked only sixth statewide, more than three-fourths of those killed here didn’t buckle up.
Traffic Deaths
Orange County ranked sixth among the state’s 58 counties in traffic fatalities last year: Los Angeles: 1,001 San Diego: 344 San Bernardino: 289 Riverside: 256 Fresno: 207 Orange: 196 Source: California Highway Patrol
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