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Schedule A HPD "Click It Or Ticket" PROBLEM STATEMENT Idents the traffic safety related problem or deficiency that the proposed grant is intended to correct. Idents and gather appropriate data relevant to the problem. Collision/fatalities data appropriate to the identified problem and a brief analysis of the data is required. When available, three years of data should be presented and analyzed. When identifying the problem, take into consideration changes in population, traffic patterns and other demographic dynamics that may affect traffic safety. Safety belts, when used correctly, reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passenger car occupants by 45 percent and the risk of moderate-to-critical injury by 50 percent. For light truck occupants, safety belts reduce the risk of fatal injury by 60 percent and moderate-to- critical injury by 65 percent. In fatal crashes from 2003-2007 only 2.0 percent of passenger vehicle occupants who were restrained were ejected from their vehicles, while 35.3 percent of the unrestrained occupants were ejected. Unrestrained occupants were therefore 17.7 times as likely to be ejected from their vehicles, compared to restrained occupants (NHTSA 2009). Over the past four years (2010-2013), Hawai'i County reported 113 fatalities island wide. Of the 113 fatalities, 33 occupants (29%) were not restrained during the traffic collision. See Table I Unrestraint Occupancy Fatalities for Hawaii County (2010-2013). Table I Unrestraint Occupancy Fatalities for Hawaii County Year Unrestrained Total Fatalities Percentage 2010 6 27 22% 2011 7 23 30% 2012 14 _ 38 37% 2013 6 25 24% Total 33 113 29% If all of the occupants were in a motor vehicle and were wearing their seat belts then almost 15 (based on 45% effectiveness of seat belts in fatal crashes) of them would be alive today. The survival rate would be higher if occupants were in a light truck based on 60% effectiveness of seat belts in fatal crashes.