Opening peak period to ensure traffic order and safety on the occasion of April 30 and May 1, 2022

The conference took place on the morning of April 14, organized by the National Traffic Safety Committee.

At the Nghe An province bridge, comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee chaired. Attending were representatives of departments, branches and sectors who are members of the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee. Photo: D.C

2,762 traffic accidents occurred

According to the conference report, in the first quarter of 2022, there were 2,762 traffic accidents nationwide, killing 1,676 people and injuring 1,741 people. Compared to the same period, the number of traffic accidents decreased by 662 cases, the number of deaths decreased by 67 people, and the number of injuries decreased by 739 people.

Traffic accident situation by locality in the first quarter of 2022 shows that 33 provinces and centrally run cities have a decrease in the number of deaths due to traffic accidents compared to the same period in 2021, of which 11 localities have a decrease of over 40% in the number of deaths. In particular, Thai Nguyen, Vinh Phuc and Quang Binh have a decrease of over 60% in the number of deaths due to traffic accidents.

Vinh City Traffic Police check alcohol levels of drivers before, during and after Tet. Photo: D.C.

In Nghe An, in the first quarter of 2022 (from December 16, 2021 to March 15, 2022), there were 41 incidents in the province, killing 28 people and injuring 31 people, compared to the same period, a decrease of 12 incidents, 9 deaths, and 6 injuries.

Also during the past time, the Traffic Police force handled 614,762 cases of traffic safety violations on roads, railways and inland waterways, fined 674.614 billion VND; revoked 57,764 driving licenses, certificates and professional qualifications; and temporarily detained 105,000 vehicles of all kinds.

Inspectors of the Vietnam Road Administration, specialized departments and Departments of Transport conducted 21,527 inspections and checks; sanctioned 13,899 administrative violations with fines totaling over VND86.3 billion; detained 119 cars; suspended the operation of 4 inland waterway ports and 3 inland waterway vehicles; supervised 367 car driving tests and 308 motorbike driving tests.

Strengthen patrols, control and handling of violations

At the conference, ministries, departments, branches and localities reported on traffic safety work of their units and localities, as well as proposed solutions for traffic safety work in the coming time.

Concluding the conference, comrade Nguyen Van The - Member of the Party Central Committee,The Minister of Transport, Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee, said that although the Covid-19 epidemic continues to develop complicatedly in some localities, forces must simultaneously fight the epidemic, in addition, focusing on many Tet holidays, such as New Year's Day, Lunar New Year and Spring Festival taking place in many provinces and cities, but with the drastic direction of the Government and the active participation of ministries, branches and localities, the traffic safety situation in the first quarter of 2022 is basically guaranteed.

However, there have been a number of particularly serious traffic accidents, killing and injuring many people, causing outrage in public opinion, typically the traffic accident in Gia Lai on February 9, 2022, which killed 6 people; the waterway traffic accident in Quang Nam on February 26, 2022, which killed 17 people, this is the traffic accident that caused the most human damage in the past few years. There have been a number of particularly serious traffic accidents due to drivers violatingalcohol concentrationcaused, especially by many violators who are still teenagers. The situation of trucks carrying goods violating the weight limit recurs in many localities...

Traffic police of Nghe An Province Police check passenger vehicles on National Highway 1A. Photo: D.C.

Accordingly, comrade Nguyen Van The pointed out that in the second quarter of 2022, ministries, branches and localities need to continue to resolutely implement a number of key tasks: Require localities with increased traffic accidents in the first quarter to have in-depth reports, specifically assess the causes and effective solutions to overcome and reduce. Organize inspection teams of the National Traffic Safety Committee in a number of localities with complicated violations of regulations on the load of freight vehicles on roads or with a high number of deaths due to traffic accidents in the first 3 months of 2022.

Comrade Nguyen Van The - Member of the Party Central Committee,Minister of Transport, Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee concluded the conference. Photo: D.C.

Along with promoting propaganda, dissemination and education of traffic safety laws; continuing to review and handle black spots and potential new traffic accident spots...

Police units and localities increase patrols, control and handle violations of traffic safety laws by traffic participants; check and urge the implementation of Plan No. 53/KH-BCA-C08 dated February 10, 2022 on patrolling, controlling and handling violations on the topic of "drivers on the road with drugs in their bodies, violating alcohol concentration" and Plan No. 435/KH-C08-P8 dated February 14, 2022 on patrolling, controlling and handling violations on the topic of transporting overloaded goods, exceeding the limit size, and arbitrarily modifying vehicles on the road; develop a thematic plan to handle the act of not wearing a seat belt when sitting in a car...

Launch a peak period to ensure traffic safety on the occasion of April 30 and May 1, 2022. Direct the police of units and localities to increase patrols, control, handle traffic safety violations, and ensure traffic safety for the 31st SEA Games held in Vietnam./.