Safety upgrade details ‌ Roads for Nowruz trips / 540 accident hotspots removed

Majid Sabbaghzadeh saidوگو With the economic correspondent of Fars News Agency, regarding the correction of accident-prone road points, he stated: The identification of accident-prone points based on a codified and specific framework was approved by the Road Safety Commission in late 1994 and early 1995.

He continued: “In this regard, efforts have been made to use the activities that have been carried out in different countries to eliminate accident-prone road points. Based on this, instructions for eliminating accident-prone points and statistics of traffic accidents on suburban roads were extracted. Accidental points were identified and prioritized for correction and removal.

* Identification of 3392 points – accident and prioritization of elimination of 1585 points

Director General of Road Safety and Privacy Development of the Roads and Transportation Organizationونقل “3392 points were identified and counted as high-accident points,” he said.

Sabbaghzadeh stated: A team consisting of groups of the Road Safety Commission, experts of the Roads and Transportation Organization and the road police, the minutes were identified, approved and announced. After that, the process of investigating and analyzing the cause of the accidents was carried out, competent consultants were employed, and a plan was considered for each point, and in order to eliminate and correct these points, the governorates and general departments of highways and road transport were notified. .

He added: “Considering that the credits were not responsible for all the elimination of accident-prone points, we prioritized and based on the allocated priorities, some of these accident-prone points were corrected.”

* Correction of 540 accident hotspots to date

Director General of Road Safety and Privacy Development of the Roads and Transportation Organizationونقل Roads stated: At present, out of 1585 priority high-accident points for repair, 490 points have been corrected and 50 points have been corrected in other parts of the country, so far 540 accident-prone points have been corrected and the rest are on the agenda. It’s work.

* Correction of accident-prone road points until 1402, subject to funding

Sabbaghzadeh stated: “If enough funds are allocated for this project, we can repair all these accident-prone road points by 1402.”

He stressed: “Considering that the instruction for correcting accident-prone points has been revised, in order to revive this instruction, the process of identifying accident-prone points will be done again next year, and a new list of accident-prone points will be determined and planned to correct them.”

Director General of Road Safety and Privacy Development of the Roads and Transportation Organizationونقل Roads stated: This was a process that has been carried out by the Highways and Road Transport Organization since 1995 to repair accident-prone road points.

* Details of road safety improvements for Nowruz trips

Sabbaghzadeh regarding the preparations of the Roads and Transportation Organization to improve road safety during Nowruz trips said: ‌‌ Considering that the prevalence statistics coronavirus in country الحمدالله It has decreased a bit, Nowruz this year will be different from Nowruz in 1400 and 1399 in terms of road trips and more passengers will go to the roads, we hope that coronavirus It should be eradicated altogether, but our advice to people is to avoid unnecessary trips while following the rules and regulations carefully by drivers.

He stated: The Roads and Transportation Organization has considered special arrangements and processes for Nowruz trips, which have also been notified to the provincial administrations.

Director General of Road Safety and Privacy Development of the Roads and Transportation Organizationونقل Roads added: “With the coordination of the Nowruz travel headquarters and the notification that was sent to all provincial offices, Nowruz travel camps have been established in the center and provinces, and with the coordination of service agencies such as emergency services, the Red Crescent and other relief agencies, our colleagues in Various points of roads are established to serve Nowruz travelers.

Sabbaghzadeh stated: The provincial administrations were notified to take measures before the start of Nowruz trips, in this regard, we can refer to the restoration of road markings, improvement, repair, elimination of defects and cleaning of road signs and staining of roads, which was put on the agenda. شد.

He continued: “Landscaping of roads with the priority of busy and arterial axes is on the agenda for Nowruz days. Also, considering that the winter season is not over yet, our road forces with winter road equipment are ready for possible snowfall on the roads.” There are active snowplows and salt sprayers, and if we have heavy rainfall, we are ready to manage unexpected events.

Director General of Road Safety and Privacy Development of the Roads and Transportation Organizationونقل Roads said: “Also, as it was announced, we followed the detection of accident-prone points, and if there were accident-prone points whose signs need to be repaired and restored, and thus tried to prepare the roads for Nowruz.”

* “Travel management” and “driving management” reduce traffic accidents

Sabbaghzadeh made some recommendations to drivers and passengers on Nowruz to make a safety trip, said: Drivers should be careful that high speed is accident-prone and most traffic accidents occur due to high speed, drivers should not try to experience high speeds that are very accident-prone At high speeds, every small event leads to a big accident.

He added: “It is also necessary to give all our attention to driving while driving. Using a mobile phone while driving is very dangerous. If all the driver’s senses are focused and the speed is safe, the driver will be careful in making momentary decisions and special situations.” Driving will be safe and this will lead to an enjoyable trip.

Director General of Road Safety and Privacy Development of the Roads and Transportation Organizationونقل “Travel management” and “driving management” are two factors that reduce traffic accidents, and if these cases are on the agenda, we will have fewer accidents on Nowruz, “said Jadeh.

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