2024-09-26 02:24:26
Speeding has been the main cause of traffic accidents during these days of celebration.
In the framework of a new holiday, Carabineros delivered a new report on traffic accidents and the number of deaths during the 2024 National Holiday celebrations.
According to official figures provided by the police institution, 45 people have lost their lives in road accidents since Friday, September 13 to date.
In this regard, Major Marisol Fagionni, from the Traffic and Highways Prefecture, indicated that “we can say that so far We have 45 deaths and 1,087 road accidents.”
Regarding the main causes of traffic accidents during National Holidays, Carabineros reported that the sudden lane changes were due to excessive speed and driving without paying attention to current traffic conditions.
“There are also driving indicators under the influence of alcohol or in a state of intoxication“, added the uniformed woman.
Along with this, he revealed that “More than 137 thousand vehicle controls have been carried out35 thousand controls with breathalyzer tests and 280 with drug test controls.”
Due to the above, Carabineros increased preventive and inspection controls in different parts of the country. “We have increased respiratory tests, breathalyzer tests and drug tests,” they said.
In total they have stopped 298 people for drunk driving, 102 for doing so under the influence of alcohol and 52 for drug use.
“As a State, we have been working in a very coordinated manner since the beginning of this month. We have this planning, we have disseminated our campaign also called United for a safe 18th, which seeks to strengthen precisely these messages to convey that driving under the influence of alcohol, Inattentive driving leads to traffic deaths and, therefore, we will continue to reinforce this call throughout this date and throughout the year,” said Luz Infante, executive secretary of the National Traffic Safety Commission (Conaset) to 24 Horas.