Road casualties decreased in Bushehr province

According to Mehr reporter, Babak Kaveh Ian On Monday morning, while referring to the recent report of the Road Authority on the country's road fatalities, he said: From the beginning of this year to the end of November, traffic fatalities on suburban roads in Bushehr province decreased by 5.8% and on rural roads by 30%.

The head of the Safety and Traffic Department of the Bushehr General Directorate of Highways and Road Transport added: This is an important sign of the greater responsibility of road users, the effect of the actions of road custodians such as road safety and traffic police supervision.

7.2% decrease in the number of deceased

Kaveyan Pointing out that the number of deaths in accidents in the province has decreased by 7.2%, he reminded that: lack of attention to the front is caused by high speed, tiredness and sleepiness, and unauthorized overtaking is one of the biggest causes of accidents on the roads of the province.

He pointed out: According to the latest comparison table by the country's highway and road transport organization, Bushehr province has been assigned the seventh rank in the country in the index of “killed by vehicle plus kilometers traveled”, which is a good rank.

Improving the level of road safety

This official stated that the index “killed by vehicle plus kilometers traveled” is one of the important criteria in the analysis of road safety: this index is used to measure the number of people killed in road accidents in relation to the amount of vehicles used and the distance traveled. It is important from the point of view that it provides the possibility of comparing the level of road safety in different regions and it is possible to evaluate the measures related to the reduction of fatal accidents.

The head of the safety and traffic department of Bushehr General Administration of Highways and Road Transport continued: Also, the quality of roads, traffic rules, driver behavior, types of vehicles and traffic density are other effective factors in improving the index “number of killed per vehicle plus km” are

Kaveyan He reminded: Things like observing the speed limit, not using mobile phones while driving, avoiding aggressive driving, resting and sleeping enough before driving, helping the injured and safe driving are among the most important measures in order to prevent accidents in driving.