A close look at seat belt-related road deaths on OPP-patrolled roads in recent years suggests that men place far less importance on wearing a seat belt than women do.
Over the past five years, a total of 332 people have died in collisions as a result of not wearing a seat belt. According to OPP data, 261 of the victims were men and just 71 were women.
As the OPP prepares for their Spring Seat Belt Campaign over the Easter Long Weekend, they are looking at seat belt attitudes and why they believe there have been almost four times as many male seat belt-related deaths as female deaths.