Road accidents on the rise despite new speed limit

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The objective of the DGT when approving the new Traffic and Road Safety Law in March was to reduce accidents on the roads. To do this, he focused his efforts on reducing distractions at the wheel —now, using the mobile means losing twice as many points: six— and on speed. Not only have the number of radars on the road increased, but the most controversial measure was to prohibit exceeding the speed of the road to overtake. It has not been shown whether there is a revenue correlation between the two measures, but the fact is that frontal collisions have increased in July, with 37 in 2022 compared to 22 in 2019, a difference of 68.2%. Related News standard No DGT Pegasus Helicopter: since 2013 controlling traffic from the air A. Noguerol The transmission of live images represented an important advance in aerial traffic regulation To understand the figures, it is necessary to know that in July there were 45 .2 million trips, an increase of 4.3% compared to the 43.3 million in 2019. However, this increase does not correspond to mortality on the roads, as it grew by 12%, until settling the month passed in 131 victims. In addition to head-on collisions, the other cause of mortality that has increased compared to 2019 has been running over, which went from four victims two years ago to 11 in 2022. The communities that registered the most increases in deaths were Andalusia, Castilla- La Mancha and Navarra, with 5, 4 and 4 more, respectively, for a total of 42 victims. Only in the Canary Islands was the number reduced compared to 2019, with three less. Of the 131 in all of July, 10 were not wearing a seat belt, eight of them in a car, one in a van and another in a truck weighing more than 3,500 kilos. On a positive note, the number of deaths in vulnerable users is reduced, particularly with regard to motorcycles, which went from 35 victims in 2019 to 27 in 2022. The Director General of Traffic, Pere Navarro, stated that he was aware of the controversy that led to the prohibition of exceeding the speed limit, even to overtake. «Give us a year to see how it evolves; the data will give us the answer », he appealed. If it does not turn out to be effective, from the DGT they have affirmed that they could eliminate this provision. According to Traffic figures, there are about 239 frontal collisions per year. MORE INFORMATION Noticias No Sand, heat and humidity: the dangers that the car faces in summer. linked to the time needed to perform the maneuver. According to European Motorists, eliminating the margin of 20 km / h means that the duration will increase by up to three times more, something “unacceptable” in his opinion.

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