Half of holiday road death victims not wearing seatbelts or restraints

A Stuff article.

Five people killed on New Zealand roads during the holiday period were not wearing seatbelts or suitable restraints, police say.

Eleven people were killed on New Zealand roads during the Christmas/New Year holiday period – the highest number in three years and almost three time the number of deaths a year earlier.

The official holiday period began at 4pm on Christmas Eve and ended at 6am on Tuesday.

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