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AAA Honors Communities of Baldwinsville, Camillus, DeWitt, East Syracuse, and Manlius for Traffic Safety Efforts
SYRACUSE, NY, JANUARY 19, 2009 -- AAA Western and Central New York recognized the Village of Baldwinsville, Town of Camillus, Town of DeWitt, Village of East Syracuse, Town of Manlius, and their respective police departments for their success in AAA’s Community Traffic Safety Program at the Onondaga County Traffic Safety Advisory Board’s Annual Awards Ceremony at Justin’s Grill in East Syracuse recently.
AAA’s Community Traffic Safety Program is an awards and recognition program for communities of all sizes nationwide that identify and address local traffic safety issues. The program considers basic crash statistics, presence of a traffic safety leadership group, projects, and their effectiveness. The awards progress from Honorable Mention to Bronze, Silver, Gold, and to the highest level, Platinum.
Top Platinum honors were awarded to Baldwinsville, Camillus, East Syracuse, and Manlius. A Gold Award was presented to the Town of DeWitt.
Gold Awards are given to communities that implement programs and projects that demonstrate superior effort at addressing local traffic safety issues. Platinum Awards are given to communities that not only demonstrate outstanding success in addressing local traffic safety issues, but show a clear trend of improvement over five years and/or provide data that is substantially better than the statewide data for communities of similar size.
“AAA’s Community Traffic Safety Program recognizes the leadership and rewards the efforts of communities that strive to advance the cause of traffic safety,” said Wally Smith, Vice President of AAA Western and Central New York. “We are delighted to honor these communities for their vital and lifesaving work.”
Baldwinsville is receiving their second Platinum Award, demonstrating success in addressing aggressive and impaired driving, occupant protection, and pedestrian safety. Additionally, Baldwinsville met the criteria for a Platinum award with their statistics for pedestrian injuries and seat belt usage. Baldwinsville has participated in the program for nine years, previously receiving five Gold Awards and two Silver Awards in addition to their two Platinum Awards.
Camillus is receiving their second consecutive Platinum Award, demonstrating success in addressing distracted and aggressive driving, impaired driving and underage drinking, occupant protection, speeding; and motorcycle, snowmobile, bicycle, pedestrian, school bus, school zone, and teen driver safety. Additionally, Camillus met the criteria for a Platinum award with their statistics for vehicle occupant injuries and seat belt usage. Camillus has participated in the program for eight years, previously receiving five Gold Awards and one Silver Award in addition to their two Platinum Awards.
East Syracuse is a first-time Platinum Award recipient, demonstrating success with programs addressing aggressive and impaired driving, occupant protection, speeding and school zone safety. East Syracuse met the criteria for a Platinum award with their statistics for vehicle occupant injuries and seat belt usage. East Syracuse has participated in the program for three years, previously receiving two Gold Awards.
Manlius is also a first-time Platinum Award recipient, demonstrating success with programs addressing aggressive and impaired driving, speeding, occupant protection, child passenger safety; and bicycle, school bus, school zone, and pedestrian safety. Manlius met the criteria for a Platinum award with their statistics for vehicle occupant injuries, seat belt usage, and total vehicle crashes. Manlius has participated in the program for three years, previously receiving two Gold Awards.
DeWitt, participating in the program for the first time, was presented with a Gold Award, demonstrating success in addressing impaired and aggressive driving, speeding, occupant protection, motorcycle, novice driver, school bus and school zone safety.
In neighboring Oswego County, a Gold Award will be presented to the City of Oswego and the City of Fulton will receive a Platinum Award. Only nine communities in New York State received Platinum honors. In addition to Baldwinsville, Camillus, East Syracuse, Fulton, and Manlius, Platinum Awards were given to the communities of Dobbs Ferry, Garden City, Irvington, and Port Washington, NY.
Participation in AAA’s Community Traffic Safety Program is open to communities of all sizes nationwide.
As Upstate New York’s largest member services organization, AAA provides over 880,000 members with travel, insurance, financial and automotive related services. Since its founding in 1900, AAA has been a leading advocate for the safety and security of all travelers. AAA can be visited at www.AAA.com.
AAA’s Community Traffic Safety Program is an awards and recognition program for communities of all sizes nationwide that identify and address local traffic safety issues. The program considers basic crash statistics, presence of a traffic safety leadership group, projects, and their effectiveness. The awards progress from Honorable Mention to Bronze, Silver, Gold, and to the highest level, Platinum.
Top Platinum honors were awarded to Baldwinsville, Camillus, East Syracuse, and Manlius. A Gold Award was presented to the Town of DeWitt.
Gold Awards are given to communities that implement programs and projects that demonstrate superior effort at addressing local traffic safety issues. Platinum Awards are given to communities that not only demonstrate outstanding success in addressing local traffic safety issues, but show a clear trend of improvement over five years and/or provide data that is substantially better than the statewide data for communities of similar size.
“AAA’s Community Traffic Safety Program recognizes the leadership and rewards the efforts of communities that strive to advance the cause of traffic safety,” said Wally Smith, Vice President of AAA Western and Central New York. “We are delighted to honor these communities for their vital and lifesaving work.”
Camillus is receiving their second consecutive Platinum Award, demonstrating success in addressing distracted and aggressive driving, impaired driving and underage drinking, occupant protection, speeding; and motorcycle, snowmobile, bicycle, pedestrian, school bus, school zone, and teen driver safety. Additionally, Camillus met the criteria for a Platinum award with their statistics for vehicle occupant injuries and seat belt usage. Camillus has participated in the program for eight years, previously receiving five Gold Awards and one Silver Award in addition to their two Platinum Awards.
East Syracuse is a first-time Platinum Award recipient, demonstrating success with programs addressing aggressive and impaired driving, occupant protection, speeding and school zone safety. East Syracuse met the criteria for a Platinum award with their statistics for vehicle occupant injuries and seat belt usage. East Syracuse has participated in the program for three years, previously receiving two Gold Awards.
Manlius is also a first-time Platinum Award recipient, demonstrating success with programs addressing aggressive and impaired driving, speeding, occupant protection, child passenger safety; and bicycle, school bus, school zone, and pedestrian safety. Manlius met the criteria for a Platinum award with their statistics for vehicle occupant injuries, seat belt usage, and total vehicle crashes. Manlius has participated in the program for three years, previously receiving two Gold Awards.
DeWitt, participating in the program for the first time, was presented with a Gold Award, demonstrating success in addressing impaired and aggressive driving, speeding, occupant protection, motorcycle, novice driver, school bus and school zone safety.
In neighboring Oswego County, a Gold Award will be presented to the City of Oswego and the City of Fulton will receive a Platinum Award. Only nine communities in New York State received Platinum honors. In addition to Baldwinsville, Camillus, East Syracuse, Fulton, and Manlius, Platinum Awards were given to the communities of Dobbs Ferry, Garden City, Irvington, and Port Washington, NY.
Participation in AAA’s Community Traffic Safety Program is open to communities of all sizes nationwide.
As Upstate New York’s largest member services organization, AAA provides over 880,000 members with travel, insurance, financial and automotive related services. Since its founding in 1900, AAA has been a leading advocate for the safety and security of all travelers. AAA can be visited at www.AAA.com.
(L) AAA Western and Central New York recognized local municipalities for their year-over-year traffic safety accomplishments at the Onondaga County Traffic Safety Advisory Board’s Annual Awards Ceremony. Pictured (Left to Right) are AAA Vice President, Wally Smith; Manlius Police Captain Jason Cassalia; Baldwinsville Police Chief Mike Lefancheck; Baldwinsville Lieutenant Tom LeRoy; Camillus Captain Steve Rotunno; Camillus Police Chief Thomas Winn; East Syracuse Police Chief Don Morris; East Syracuse Sergeant Peter Vasiloff; and DeWitt Police Chief Gene Conway.
Contact:
Shaun Seufert (716) 929-3600
Diana R. Dibble (315) 453-5904
Wally Smith (716) 626-3225
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