Between January and August of this year, Cuba registered 303 deaths in traffic accidents , four more than the number of deaths in the same stage of 2020, according to data from the Commission National Road Safety (CNSV).
The number of accidents was 4,961 (14 less than in the same period of the previous year); the injured also fell to 3,348 (558 less).
Specialists point out that “the human factor” would have been responsible for 94.3% of the claims.
“ People are going at high speeds on our roads, which we all know are not at optimal levels and require caution , especially on the highway, when they take advantage a lot to overtake at high speeds, something that has systematically caused deaths in recent times, “said Reinaldo Becerra Acosta in an interview for Cuban Television, in which he did not mention the causes of the accidents the large number of animals loose on the road , one of the most recurrent complaints from drivers in the country.
“The pedestrian crosses between vehicles, travels on the road distracted, without paying due attention. on the street, with headphones, texting, answering a message, and sometimes they cross where it is not established and that increases the risk of an accident ”, observed Becerra Acosta in relation to pedestrians.
The report referred to by Cuban Television cites among the main causes of accidents in Cuba the lack of attention to vehicle control, violations of the right of way, speeding, technical defects and the ingestion of alcoholic beverages by drivers.
45.6% of the country’s territories reported increases in the volume of accidents. The highest figures correspond to Matanzas, Camagüey, Las Tunas, La Isla de la Juventud and Havana.
According to the report, in the first eight months of this year there were fewer accidents with consequences massive and involving motorcycles and mopeds.
Despite the lower participation of motorcycles in accidents, at least two people have died in Cuba this week in accidents involving motorcyclists .
A woman died on the afternoon of this Tuesday after an accident between a motorcycle and a truck on a highway in the province of Camagüey, between Martí and Guáimaro.
On Monday, another motorist died in the main municipality of Santiago de Cuba after a tragic accident occurred at the intersection of Paseo de Martí and Avenida Moncada.
The Statistical Yearbook of Health published in August by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) indicated that traffic accidents decreased in Cuba during 2020 , in relation to 2019, a consequence mainly attributed to the lower circulation of vehicles due to the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus.
In 2020, 605 traffic accidents occurred in Cuba, According to official data, the figure represents 158 claims less than the 763 computed in 2019.
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