The National Statistical Office (ONE) released yesterday the statistics for 1998 regarding traffic accidents in the Dominican Republic. Using statistics gathered by the National Police, one says that 1,683 were killed last year in 1,494 accidents nationwide. Of these, 1,433 were men, 250 women. The area with the highest fatality numbers was Santo Domingo, where 345 died, followed by Santiago with 157, San Crist?bal 143 and La Vega 121. Of the 1,494 accidents, 630 were vehicle-to-vehicle collisions and 532 involved people being hit by vehicles.
