Forty-one years after the seatbelt law was introduced into the province, SGI and police are buckling down to try to minimize the offences.

Last month's SGI spotlight focused on seatbelt and car seat infractions resulting in 400 tickets being issued.

Tyler McMurchy, the manager of media relations with SGI, said the numbers are typically what they see monthly and perhaps even a little higher than normal.

"Unfortunately there are still people in 2018 that don't wear their seatbelts and we'd really like to convince them to reconsider that choice," he stated. "Just because of the simple fact that if you're not wearing your seatbelt you're far more likely to die if your vehicle is in a collision."

SGI says in 2016, 25 per cent of occupants killed in motor vehicle collisions in the province were either not buckled up or improperly restrained.

"There are still people who need to get that message," McMurchy said. "It's a bit inexplicable, a bit baffling, given everything that we know about seatbelts that there are people who still decide not to buckle up."

For the first time in a few months, SGI is reporting over 300 offences related to impaired driving. The February total was 312 with 266 resulting in criminal charges.

"They do fluctuate a bit and these numbers are a function of enforcement," he said. "What we've been saying is we think things are getting better on the impaired driving front. We've seen fewer collisions and fatalities related to that."

Other numbers included in the traffic safety spotlight is 407 distracted driving offences (324 of those for cellphone use) and 3,660 speeding/aggressive driving offences.