DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

According to data from the Permanent Observatory of Road Safety, (Opsevi) of the National Institute of Traffic and Land Transport (Intrant), deaths in traffic accidents were 3,024 people not the 2,095 reported in the Transit Safety Agency (Digesett) Bulletin No. 01-2020 in 2019.

El Caribe newspaper reports that traffic accidents from January to December 2019 more than double the homicides (1,206 deaths). Using the observatory numbers, the deaths and about 50% more than the number of Covid-19 deaths so far this year. As of 19 October deaths for Covid-19 were at 2,204.

Most of the fatal victims are men, ages 15 to 34 years.

Data from the EnHogar 2017 national survey explains that young people overestimate their driving skills and underestimate the perils of speeding on roads. Human error (79.1%) is the leading cause of accidents, followed by 10.1% vehicular failure and 6.8% road...