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03-19-2008, 04:40 PM
The nation's main highway, the Duarte Expressway, is also the one where the most accidents occurred. According to Listin Diario, the highway was the scene of 155 traffic accidents that resulted in 173 deaths in 2007. Most of these occurred between kilometers 40 and 46, according to National Police reports processed by the Director General of Traffic (DGTT). For the country as a whole, with a population of around 9 million and more than 2 million vehicles in circulation, the 2007 statistics are numbing: 1,902 traffic related deaths and 6,442 injuries. Most fatalities occurred in the National District, 1,091, as a result of 23,656 accidents. Sixty percent of the victims were motorcycle riders, and many of the survivors were permanently injured.
However, the National District was not the most deadly area of the Dominican Republic in terms of deaths per accident. This dubious honor fell to the eastern province of La Altagracia, where 117 people died in traffic accidents, most at the Cruce de Veron near Punta Cana. In Santo Domingo the most dangerous places are along 27 de Febrero Avenue and the intersections with Abraham Lincoln, Maximo Gomez, Tiradentes, Nunez de Caceres, Leopoldo Navarro and Dr. Defillo avenues. The DGTT analysis says that the main cause of accidents was reckless driving, with most accidents involving people between the ages of 18-30. Traffic victims were generally in the 25-45 year old range. In the Dominican Republic, most accidents occur not on weekends, but on Monday, between 11am and noon, and December is the most dangerous month.
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However, the National District was not the most deadly area of the Dominican Republic in terms of deaths per accident. This dubious honor fell to the eastern province of La Altagracia, where 117 people died in traffic accidents, most at the Cruce de Veron near Punta Cana. In Santo Domingo the most dangerous places are along 27 de Febrero Avenue and the intersections with Abraham Lincoln, Maximo Gomez, Tiradentes, Nunez de Caceres, Leopoldo Navarro and Dr. Defillo avenues. The DGTT analysis says that the main cause of accidents was reckless driving, with most accidents involving people between the ages of 18-30. Traffic victims were generally in the 25-45 year old range. In the Dominican Republic, most accidents occur not on weekends, but on Monday, between 11am and noon, and December is the most dangerous month.
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