From the From January 1 to March 31, 2021, 15,252 traffic emergencies were registered in the Metropolitan District of Quito (DMQ). In the same period, in 2022, 17,714 have been reported. That is, there is an increase of 2,462 cases.
So far in 2022, the Integrated Security Service ECU911 registers a greater number of emergencies due to traffic or mobility issues in the DMQ, compared to the previous year. This is confirmed by a report from the Zonal Statistics Directorate 2-9.
January registered a total of 5,003 emergencies, according to a report from this security entity. February and March have notably exceeded that figure.
In 24 days, March had already surpassed the entire month of January, with 5,274 emergencies.
| Month | 2021 | 2022 | Absolute variation | monthly variation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4,743 | 5,003 | 260 | 5.20% |
| February | 4,915 | 5,815 | 900 | 15.48% |
| March | 5,594 | 6,896 | 1,302 | 18.88% |
| Source: ECU911 |
However, for Viviana Morocho, director of operations of the Metropolitan Transit Agency (AMT), the emergency reporting is very general since they can be due to a badly parked vehicle, the request of a traffic officer due to a fight between drivers, among other reasons.
In addition, he commented that there is a underregistration due to reported emergencies attended by officers, but they did not find said emergency or sinister. “That is already marked as an emergency, although it has not gone to great lengths,” he added.
The AMT data has lower figures than the ECU911, although it also shows that there has been a 3% increase in traffic accidents:
| Month | 2021 | 2022 | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 274 | 262 | -4 % |
| February | 209 | 253 | twenty-one % |
| March | 282 | 273 | -3 % |
| Total | 765 | 788 | 3 % |
| Source: AMT |
February is the month with the fewest number of claims although it is the one with the greatest variation compared to 2021.
In January they reported 23 injured and 5 people dead. In February they were 16 injured and one deceased. March data has not yet been provided.
accidents
On Friday, March 25, in the early hours of the morning, several traffic accidents in which three people died and there were some injuries.
Around 00:00 a traffic accident was reported. An bus crashed into a tree in the sector of San Blas, historic center of Quito. Two women aged 37 and 26 were injured. with fractures and polytrauma.
At 00:06, another alert entered ECU911. It was about another incident in the Ascázubi sector, on highway E-35 and Cusubamba in the Cayambe canton. Product of this traffic accident three people died: two women aged 38 and 22 and a 22-year-old man. In addition, a 62-year-old man was injured and was transferred to a nursing home.
Later, at 03:48, at km 49 of the Nanegalito road, the rollover of a truck. A 25-year-old citizen was injured, presenting several fractures.
They finally reported Two people injured after bus accident which affected two vehicles and a home. This incident occurred on the night of Thursday, March 24 in the Rumiñahui canton. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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