THREE people are to give personal testimonies about how failing to wear a seatbelt can devastate lives as part of a new campaign.

A survey of 11,000 vehicles found that six per cent of adult passengers and four per cent of drivers in North Yorkshire were not wearing their seat belts.

The 95 Alive group is now once again urging drivers and their passengers to “clunk click every trip”.

Supporting the campaign are three members of the public from the Selby area who now work to warn people about the dangers of not wearing seat belts.

Sarah McGaughey, 18, was in a coma for five weeks after suffering severe head injuries when her car crashed. She was not wearing a seat belt. Keith Houlistan’s son Neil was killed in a crash one Christmas Day. He was not wearing a seat belt.

Michelle Wheatley, 24, was saved by her seat belt after her car left the road and ended up hanging over a cliff edge.

David Bowe, the chairman of 95 Alive and North Yorkshire County Council’s director of business and environmental services, said: “Three members of the public have bravely come forward to tell their stories in the hope this can help get the message across about the devastation and horrific results of not wearing a seat belt.”