Traffic accidents in Nghe An increased in all three criteria.

(Baonghean.vn) - Low awareness and responsibility of traffic participants are the main reasons leading to the increase in traffic accidents in Nghe An.

On the afternoon of March 16, the National Traffic Safety Committee held a national online conference to review the work of ensuring traffic order and safety in the first quarter of 2017 and deploy tasks for the second quarter of 2017. Comrade Truong Hoa Binh - Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee chaired the conference.

At Nghe An bridge, comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired.

According to the report of the National Traffic Safety Committee, in the first quarter of 2017, the traffic order and safety situation (TTATGT) in the whole country continued to have many positive changes. Nationwide, there were 3,465 traffic accidents, killing 1,570 people and injuring 2,660 people. Compared to the same period in 2016, there was a decrease of 153 cases (4.23%), the number of deaths decreased by 20 people (1.26%), the number of injured people decreased by 707 people (21%)...

The main causes are drivers encroaching on lanes, road sections, speeding, and inattentive turning... on roads; drivers violating traffic safety corridors on railways and drivers violating rules for avoiding overtaking, collisions, and obstacles on waterways.

In the first quarter of 2017, 34 provinces and centrally-run cities had a decrease in the number of deaths due to traffic accidents, of which 12 localities had a decrease of over 30%; 26 localities had an increase in the number of deaths due to traffic accidents, of which 10 provinces had an increase of over 40% and 3 provinces had an increase of over 100% including Lang Son, An Giang, and Yen Bai.

The situation of overloading trucks is still very complicated; there are also the phenomena of passenger cars carrying more people than the prescribed number; illegal ticket price increases during peak times...

At the conference, many solutions were proposed by leaders of ministries, branches and localities to ensure traffic safety. Notable solutions include: The Government supports funding for residential access roads; continues to effectively propagate traffic laws and traffic culture; assigns responsibility for ensuring traffic safety to local leaders; strengthens inspection forces and handles violations of corridors and sidewalks; the transport sector strengthens inspection and recalls substandard vehicles such as those with altered designs, structures, unauthorized conversions, etc. and expired vehicles); encourages voluntary forces to participate in ensuring traffic order and safety, etc.

An accident caused by a motorbike speeding and encroaching on the lane occurred in Long Son commune (Anh Son). Photo: CN

Concluding the conference, comrade Truong Hoa Binh commended and highly appreciated the participation and efforts of ministries, branches and localities nationwide in coming up with specific solutions to ensure traffic order and safety.

In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister also pointed out the main causes of traffic accidents, such as the existence of black spots that have not been handled; limitations in ethics, awareness, and responsibility of a number of drivers and traffic participants in complying with traffic law regulations are not high... are the main causes of traffic accidents in recent times.

In the following months of 2017, the Deputy Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to continue tightening transportation, strictly controlling tonnage; and reviewing sanctions and punishment regimes for violations of traffic safety and order.

The Ministry of Transport and the Department of Transport of the provinces need to strengthen the management of automobile transportation; the Ministry of Public Security needs to have a plan to continue to strengthen patrols and controls by topic, focusing on routes in districts, communes, villages, and tourist destinations; the Ministry of Education needs to strengthen the implementation of traffic safety education for students during the April 30 and May 1 holidays, summer vacation, and national high school exams...

Comrade Truong Hoa Binh concluded the conference.

Along with that, the Deputy Prime Minister requested that central and local press agencies step up propaganda work with rich and diverse content and forms to raise people's awareness of complying with traffic safety laws, especially among young people.

Provinces and cities across the country need to take measures appropriate to each locality to ensure traffic order and safety, such as strengthening inspections and tightening discipline in driver training, testing, and licensing; managing technical safety and environmental protection of road motor vehicles and inland waterway vehicles; using the Road Maintenance Fund to install speed bumps and warning signs for road users at intersections with railways; directing provincial and municipal police to continue to strengthen patrols, control, and handle violations of traffic order according to the direction of the Ministry of Public Security and the Traffic Police Department... to aim at reducing traffic accidents on all three criteria.

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