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Las colisiones de tráfico se han reducido en un 7,3% respecto a 2009
La ciudad de Barcelona has managed to reduce bicycle accidents just over one per day, as it did before the introduction of bicing and although they have also dropped all road accidents, mortality remains stable both motorists and pedestrians. This follows the report on road accidents in Barcelona in 2010, reporting that overall the traffic accidents have fallen by 7.3% over the previous year, although the total number of victims has been reduced only 40 deaths to 39.
Once again, the most affected by the daily traffic in the Catalan capital have been motorcyclists, with 19 fatalities -16 When motorcycle, a moped and two companions, "and pedestrians, with 16 fatalities, like the previous year. The other fatalities were two cyclists, a driver of tourism and the occupant of another tourism.
The deputy mayor Security Asumpta Escarp, and the Councillor for Mobility, Francesc Narváez, have noted that mortality of both motorists and pedestrians to remain their top priority. Specifically, the violations of pedestrians have fallen by 10.8%, from 1,306 in 2009 to 1,165 in 2010, while accidents involving motorcycles are down 19.46%, especially because he has lost a lot of these bikes use low-displacement, Motorcycle and 0.68%.
Thanks to the climate and the structure of the city, 51% of daily trips made on foot, while the rate of motorcycle use is the highest in the continent, with 173 motorcycles per thousand inhabitants. Among the measures that have been carried out in recent years and wants to continue strengthening to prevent accidents of pedestrians and motorists, awareness raising campaigns, installing guardrails, currently 3,288 meters barrier is installed-the reducing the speed limit to 30 miles per hour at 300 Street and the creation of 49 advanced areas for bikes at traffic lights, which will 60 in 2011. Both
Escarp as Narvaez had stressed the importance of this decline in bike accidents, especially considering that parallel the decline in claims the number of bicycle users has not stopped growing and has moved from near 45,000 daily riders were in Barcelona in 2006, before the introduction of bicing in March 2007 to the current over a hundred thousand. In particular, during 2010 there were 414 bikes involved in accidents, although the actual number of bicycle accidents-such as excluding those who were overwhelmed by a passenger he was parking, "was 399, compared with 513 in 2009 and the 376 in 2006, prior to the implementation of bicing. Barcelona currently has 159 kilometers of bike lanes and 21.3 miles of Round Green.
Las colisiones de tráfico se han reducido en un 7,3% respecto a 2009
La ciudad de Barcelona has managed to reduce bicycle accidents just over one per day, as it did before the introduction of bicing and although they have also dropped all road accidents, mortality remains stable both motorists and pedestrians. This follows the report on road accidents in Barcelona in 2010, reporting that overall the traffic accidents have fallen by 7.3% over the previous year, although the total number of victims has been reduced only 40 deaths to 39.
Once again, the most affected by the daily traffic in the Catalan capital have been motorcyclists, with 19 fatalities -16 When motorcycle, a moped and two companions, "and pedestrians, with 16 fatalities, like the previous year. The other fatalities were two cyclists, a driver of tourism and the occupant of another tourism.
The deputy mayor Security Asumpta Escarp, and the Councillor for Mobility, Francesc Narváez, have noted that mortality of both motorists and pedestrians to remain their top priority. Specifically, the violations of pedestrians have fallen by 10.8%, from 1,306 in 2009 to 1,165 in 2010, while accidents involving motorcycles are down 19.46%, especially because he has lost a lot of these bikes use low-displacement, Motorcycle and 0.68%.
Thanks to the climate and the structure of the city, 51% of daily trips made on foot, while the rate of motorcycle use is the highest in the continent, with 173 motorcycles per thousand inhabitants. Among the measures that have been carried out in recent years and wants to continue strengthening to prevent accidents of pedestrians and motorists, awareness raising campaigns, installing guardrails, currently 3,288 meters barrier is installed-the reducing the speed limit to 30 miles per hour at 300 Street and the creation of 49 advanced areas for bikes at traffic lights, which will 60 in 2011. Both
Escarp as Narvaez had stressed the importance of this decline in bike accidents, especially considering that parallel the decline in claims the number of bicycle users has not stopped growing and has moved from near 45,000 daily riders were in Barcelona in 2006, before the introduction of bicing in March 2007 to the current over a hundred thousand. In particular, during 2010 there were 414 bikes involved in accidents, although the actual number of bicycle accidents-such as excluding those who were overwhelmed by a passenger he was parking, "was 399, compared with 513 in 2009 and the 376 in 2006, prior to the implementation of bicing. Barcelona currently has 159 kilometers of bike lanes and 21.3 miles of Round Green.
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