Mayor Ventura is not alone. A division of the National Directorate of Urban Transport (DGTT) has disclosed that traffic incidents in the capital have increased by 12.15% and 14.68% respectively in the two years since 1997. The year 1999 saw 19, 917 accidents reported, as compared with 17,280 in 19978, and 18,380 in 1998. Fatalities in traffic accidents were 153 in 1997, 164 in 1998 and 167 in 1999. Pedestrians were fatal victims 9% of the time. Private automobiles accounted for 56.58% of accidents in 1999. Rear-ending and side collisions are most frequent. The Deputy Director of the DDGT. Miguelina Facundo Soraya, reported these data at last week’s seminar titled "Transport in the Dominican Republic."
