‘Operation Safeway’ sees decrease in road deaths

May 14, 2012 News

The police have stated via traffic statistics that there has been a decrease in the number and categories of accidents that occurred on Guyana’s roadways from January 1 to April 30 of 2012, in comparison to that same period last year.
There have also been decreases in the number of deaths occurring during the January/April period of this year which resulted in six less fatalities.
Four categories of accidents were noted by the traffic authorities. These included fatal accidents, serious accidents, minor accidents and accidents where damages alone occurred.
Twenty-seven accidents occurred from January to April of 2012, while there were 34 accidents in 2011 that resulted in a 21 percent decrease in fatalities. There was a 17 percent decrease in serious accidents; 109 occurred during the first four months of 2012, while 132 occurred in 2011.
One hundred and fifty-eight minor accidents occurred during the four month period of 2012 while 186 occurred in 2011, a 15 percent decrease. Accidents with damages alone decreased by nine percent, since 319 of those particular accidents occurred during the four month period in 2012. Three hundred and fifty one of those same accidents took place in 2011.
Deaths decreased by 18 percent in 2012 since 34 persons died in 2011 and 28 died in 2012. Two minors perished in the January/April period for 2012 while none died by accident last year.
For each month of the specified period, for every accident that occurred in 2011, at least one life was lost.
Out of the 34 persons that died in the four month period in 2011, January had the most deaths and the most accidents occurring.
Thirteen accidents and deaths occurred in that month. February and April had eight accidents and eight deaths. March had five deaths resulting from five accidents.
For 2012, eight accidents and eight deaths occurred in January. February had nine accidents and 10 deaths. March had four accidents and four deaths, and April had six accidents and six deaths.
Apart from the death and accident statistics for the first four months of the previous and present year, the police information also showed a continuous pattern that the most death- related accidents occurred in the city. Georgetown in both years, for the specified four- month period, had the most accidents and deaths occurring, although there was a decrease in the number of accidents and deaths that occurred from January to April of this year compared to that of last year.
Thirteen accidents and 13 deaths took place in Georgetown from January to April of 2011, while 10 accidents and 10 deaths occurred in that same region in 2012, a 23 percent decrease.
In Berbice, seven accidents and seven deaths took place in the four month period of 2011 while one accident and one death occurred in 2012 causing an 86 percent decrease in road fatalities.
There were five accidents and five deaths that occurred from January to April of 2012 in West Coast West Bank Demerara, while there were two deaths and two accidents last year, a 67 percent increase in fatalities.
Two accidents and two deaths occurred in the hinterland for the four month period of both the present and past year. In Essequibo, two accidents and two deaths occurred in 2012 resulting in a 100 percent increase in deaths since one accident and one death took place last year.
Speeding was the common factor in most fatal accidents that occurred at the start of the year. Five thousand, five hundred and fifty-six persons were prosecuted for speeding and 17 others lost their lives as a result.

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