Traffic accidents nationwide are still increasing in some criteria.

On the morning of July 12, comrade Tran Luu Quang, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister , Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) chaired a national online conference to review the work of ensuring traffic order and safety in the second quarter and directions and tasks for the third quarter of 2024.

Comrade Tran Luu Quang, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee chaired the national online conference.

Attending at Thanh Hoa bridge point were comrade Trinh Huy Trieu, Provincial Party Committee member, Director of Department of Transport, Deputy Head of Provincial Traffic Safety Committee and representatives of leaders of departments and branches, members of Provincial Traffic Safety Committee.

Delegates attending at Thanh Hoa bridge point.

In the first 6 months of 2024, the people's transportation and travel needs continued to increase, creating great pressure on ensuring traffic order and safety. However, with the strong direction of the Government and the Prime Minister, and the active participation of ministries, branches and localities, the traffic order and safety situation in the first 6 months of 2024 was basically guaranteed.

Delegates attending at Thanh Hoa bridge point.

Traffic congestion is well controlled and reduced by over 65% compared to the same period in 2023; the number of traffic accidents caused by drivers violating alcohol concentration regulations during peak periods has decreased significantly compared to previous years. Violations of overloading vehicles and vehicle bed extensions have been fundamentally handled.

Delegates attending at Thanh Hoa bridge point.

However, nationwide, there were 12,350 traffic accidents, killing 5,343 people and injuring 9,552 people. Compared to the same period in 2023, there was an increase of 1,665 cases (+15.58%), a decrease of 634 deaths (-10.61%), and an increase of 2,426 injuries (+34%).

Director of the Department of Transport Trinh Huy Trieu spoke at the conference.

Speaking at the conference, Director of the Department of Transport of Thanh Hoa Trinh Huy Trieu said: In the first 6 months of 2024, the whole province had 478 traffic accidents and traffic collisions, killing 175 people and injuring 447 people. Compared to the same period in 2023, traffic accidents decreased in number of cases and deaths, down 19 cases (down 3.8%), down 71 deaths (down 28.8%); no waterway traffic accidents and traffic jams occurred.

To maintain a stable traffic order and safety situation in the third quarter of 2024, Thanh Hoa province continues to improve the responsibility and effectiveness of State management of the heads and collective leaders of State management agencies in ensuring traffic order and safety. Promote propaganda on compliance with traffic safety laws to people, transport business owners, vehicle owners, vehicle drivers, workers in factories, industrial parks and youth and students. Speed ​​up the progress and quality of investment in construction and upgrading of traffic projects; perform well the maintenance and repair of traffic infrastructure, ensure traffic safety corridors and traffic safety. Continue to tighten the management of road transport business vehicles through data from journey monitoring devices and cameras to promptly detect, correct and handle violations. Direct functional forces to maintain patrol and control work; timely assess and analyze to clarify the causes of traffic accidents. Continue to strictly handle vehicles that violate the regulations on carrying more people, oversize, overload, or having an extended body; at the same time, resolutely handle drivers on the road with drugs or alcohol in their bodies...

Online bridge points of provinces and cities.

At the conference, delegates at the connecting points focused on discussing and clarifying the results achieved in the first 6 months of the year and proposed solutions to continue reducing traffic accidents on all 3 criteria in the last months of 2024.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang delivered a concluding speech at the conference. (Screenshot)

Concluding the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang emphasized: Although the number of deaths due to traffic accidents in the first 6 months of 2024 decreased, the number of accidents and injuries increased. This is one of the huge burdens on society. Therefore, to curb accidents, the Deputy Prime Minister requested ministries and branches to continue focusing on 3 groups of solutions. That is, promoting propaganda, raising awareness of traffic participants, managing roadsides and traffic corridors; managing vehicles well to prevent violations that cause accidents; prioritizing investment funding to improve traffic infrastructure...

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hopes that the authorities will continue to tighten patrols, control and strictly handle violations, increasing deterrence. Continue to apply technology to manage road transport business activities through data from journey monitoring devices and cameras to promptly detect, correct and handle violations, contributing to building traffic awareness...

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