Colonel Ahmed Shirani, the head of Faraja Highway Police Information and Traffic Control Center, in an interview with the police reporter of Fars News Agency, regarding the latest traffic statistics on the country’s roads, said: the changes in inter-provincial travel on the first two days of Nowruz plan means a 17% increase in traffic from March 24 to 26 compared to the same period last year.
He announced a 42% increase in traffic compared to Nowruz last year, 112% compared to Nowruz 2019 and 40% compared to Nowruz 2018.
The head of the traffic information and control center of the country’s traffic police stated: the largest number of vehicle departures from Tehran and Alborz provinces is 105,000 vehicles, the most destinations of vehicles from Tehran and Alborz provinces are to Qom, Qazvin, Mazandaran, Central and Isfahan provinces and the largest number of vehicle arrivals has been to Mazandaran province with the number of 26700 vehicles; Also, the most car arrivals in Mazandaran were reported from the provinces of Tehran and Alborz, Golestan, Fars, Khorasan Razavi, Gilan, and Central, Gilan and Hamedan provinces also had the most car arrivals.
Colonel Shirani discussed the accident statistics of the first two days of Nowruz plan from March 24 to 26 and said: 69 cases of fatal accidents with 76 dead and 1467 cases of injury accidents with 1880 injured are very alarming statistics and should be used as a warning and an alarm. for drivers on Nowruz trips.
He added: The highest incidence of fatal accidents was on the roads of Khorasan Razavi, Tehran, Fars, Kerman and Isfahan provinces and the lowest incidence was on the roads of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Ilam, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad and Hormozgan provinces.
Colonel Shirani stated: The most common cause of accidents was not paying attention to the front, deviation and crossing to the left due to haste and acceleration in driving for unauthorized overtaking, which has led to the most severe and fatal accidents. Also, the inability to control the vehicle is caused by fatigue and sleepiness and drivers’ insistence to continue driving without resting and stopping, and illegal speed has been one of the main factors in the formation of accidents in the last two days.
The head of the traffic information and control center of the country’s traffic police advised the drivers to fully comply with the driving rules and wear seat belts, respect the rights of other drivers and observe the speed limit on the roads, stating that the highest number of accidents occurred between 12:00 and 16:00. to travel
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