Holiday season, 'season' of traffic accidents

(Baonghean) -During the January festival months, ensuring traffic safety and order to limit the risk of accidents becomes very urgent.

The number of people killed in traffic accidents during the Dinh Dau Lunar New Year increased compared to last year.

Among the traffic accidents during the recent Lunar New Year in the province, there were some that left extremely serious consequences, such as: At 1 p.m. on February 1 (the 5th day of Tet), at Ro bridge, in Vo Liet commune, Thanh Chuong district, a particularly serious traffic accident occurred.

Accordingly, at the above time, car with license plate 37C - 062.02 driven by Mr. Pham Van Lai (41 years old), residing in Vinh City, was traveling on Ro Bridge when it collided with two motorbikes with license plates 29U6 - 2956 and 37H6 - 4607 traveling in the opposite direction.

The strong collision caused 3 people on 2 motorbikes to fly over the railing of Ro bridge and fall into Lam river. As a result, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Xuan (61 years old) and her daughter-in-law Vi Thi Hue died on the spot, 3-year-old Vo Hung Huy was seriously injured and also died later.

People strictly follow the instructions of traffic police officers. Photo: Canh Nam

Mr. Vo Van Tinh, 30 years old (Ms. Hue's husband) flew into the bridge railing, severing his leg. The victims all lived in Thanh Duong commune, Thanh Chuong district. According to Colonel Luong The Loc - Head of Thanh Chuong district police, the car driver violated traffic laws because he was speeding, encroaching on the motorbike lane, and had an alcohol concentration exceeding the permitted level of 0.37 milligrams/liter of breath.

Also during the Tet holiday, in Tuong Duong district, a particularly serious traffic accident occurred, killing 3 people. Accordingly, at about 4 p.m. on January 29, a motorbike carrying 3 people traveling on National Highway 7A, passing through Luu Kien commune (Tuong Duong) collided with a car with a Lao license plate. The strong collision caused all 3 people, including son-in-law Duong Van Pieng (born 1992 in Lo village) and his wife's parents, including Mr. Lu Van Cong and Mrs. Lo Thi Choi (in Ang village, Xa Luong commune), to be thrown onto the road and die on the spot.

Not only on national highways, but also on provincial roads, district roads, inter-commune roads... serious traffic accidents occur. For example, the railway traffic accident on February 1 in Quynh Luu district when a 4-seat car with license plate 37A 26... deliberately crossed the pedestrian crossing to Cau Giat and was hit by a train heading from Vinh to Hanoi and thrown into a field, 10 meters from its original position.

Still the story of people's awareness

According to statistics from the Nghe An Department of Health, from December 29 to January 6 of the lunar calendar, out of 6,449 people hospitalized for emergency care, 1,143 people were hospitalized due to traffic accidents (with 6 cases of traumatic brain injury requiring surgery, 2 deaths).

During Tet, people often participate in traffic while under the influence of alcohol. The accident caused by driver Nguyen Van Lai that killed 3 people in Thanh Chuong is an example.

Furthermore, during Tet, a large number of students, workers return to their hometowns to reunite with their families. This group is mainly young people, many of whom have very poor traffic awareness. According to observations, on most village roads, alleys or on national, provincial and district highways, many young people ride motorbikes without helmets, speeding and recklessly overtaking, lining up side by side, occupying almost the entire road, creating a very high risk of traffic accidents.

Besides, the traffic police and transport inspectors are thin during Tet holiday, when detecting violations, they mainly give reminders, sometimes the punishment is not really decisive, so many people are subjective.

In addition, there is also an objective reason that the weather during the Dinh Dau Tet holiday is sunny, leading to a higher number of traffic participants compared to the Binh Than Tet holiday.

Although the Lunar New Year has passed, January, with many festivals being held, the need to go to temples and pagodas to pray for luck and fortune, and the need to travel is still high, which means the risk of congestion, chaos and traffic accidents increases. Typically, at temples and pagodas, traffic insecurity continues to increase due to the lack of coordination between local authorities and temple and pagoda management boards.

Most of the roads leading to temples and pagodas are always congested during peak days, mostly due to people's limited traffic awareness, plus shops and spontaneous parking lots encroaching on the roadsides...

Many young people participating in traffic during Tet do not wear helmets. Photo: Canh Nam

Colonel Cao Minh Phuong - Head of the Provincial Traffic Police Department warned: Nghe An has many temples, pagodas, and festivals taking place in January and February, so there will be many vehicles participating in traffic, especially temples and pagodas close to national highways (Cuong Temple, Cua Rao Temple, Ong Hoang Muoi Temple), inter-commune (Con Temple)... Every person participating in traffic must strictly comply with the Law on Road and Railway Traffic. In particular, once drinking alcohol, absolutely do not drive a vehicle to participate in traffic.

On the industry side, in addition to continuing to implement the Traffic Safety Plans, it will coordinate with local authorities to strengthen propaganda and raise people's awareness when participating in traffic at festival sites; continue to mobilize maximum forces and means to patrol, control and guide traffic at intersections and locations with complicated traffic safety regulations.

In festival areas, patrol and control work will be increased to promptly prevent and thoroughly handle traffic safety violations, especially in temple and pagoda areas, contributing to a safe festival season for people.

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