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The exchange of services held yesterday (Sunday) at the Ministry of Transportation and Road Safety was held without ceremony, toasts and grand statements.
And maybe this is the right way to pass the baton in an office that continues to falter in living up to the important half of its name, the one that refers to "road safety".
Because this year too, with 348 deaths on the roads, although 16 deaths less than last year, the number is higher than the average for the years 2019-2021 which was 341 deaths.
In the report of the National Road Safety Authority, the red lights are flashing over the sectors that time and time again have been marked as requiring focused and quick attention, but it seems that not much has changed.
For example, the report indicates that 30% of the fatalities this year were pedestrians, in numbers - 105 people.
This is an increase of 18% from the average figure of the years 2019-2021.
Initiatives to reduce traffic in urban areas, level separation, reducing speed in cities - all of these remain on paper as the state continues to try to justify the money machine in the form of speed cameras on the highways.
Car accident at Eyal Interchange, December (Photo: Israel Police Spokesperson)
In the heavy vehicle sector, there was a 33% increase in fatal accidents involving trucks, and in numbers: 157 people were killed compared to 118 in 2019-2021.
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In addition, the Union of Safety Officers complain that the program for training heavy vehicle drivers in the field of cargo is deficient and is being done in a way that misses its original purpose.
Also for the riders of motorcycles and scooters, this added to be a particularly dangerous year on the roads - 77 riders were killed this year compared to an average of 72 riders in 2019-2021.
In other words, one out of every five fatalities is killed on a two-wheeler.
This, in the year in which two pilots were held in the field of training and instruction of riders in the form of a conscious riding course pilot and the development of a program for riding lessons to issue a license for motorcycles and scooters.
Another segment of the population that continues to be affected at much higher rates than their relative share in the population are the members of the Arab sector.
112 deaths which is an increase of 5 deaths from the average in the last three years.
This year they accounted for 32% of the deaths in road accidents even though their share in the population is much lower.
Of the dead, 37 were killed while driving a private car, 35 while riding a two-wheeler, 27 in accidents involving trucks, and of all the dead, 37 were young drivers and 13 of them were children.
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It also appears from the data of the National Road Safety Authority that again this year it was men who were involved in road accidents at a significantly higher rate than women - 78% of the fatalities.
In the segmentation of the deadliest months, May was the month in which the highest number of deaths was recorded with 37 deaths.
Thursday is the most dangerous with 63 of the fatalities, and the most dangerous hours are between 11:00 PM and midnight.
In the ranking of the traffic offenses that caused traffic accidents, failure to give way to pedestrians is in first place with 16% of accidents, disobeying traffic lights is responsible for 13% and excessive speed is in third place with 10%.
It should be noted that this figure is distorted and misleading as it contains several traffic offenses (excessive speed in relation to the law, the road conditions and the circumstances of the case).
In fourth place is not keeping a profit and in fifth place is switching between lanes.
Friday - failure to observe the right.
Try to remember the frequency of speed enforcement and when you saw a policeman standing at a crosswalk or checking distance, how many speed cameras you saw on straight roads and how many traffic light cameras.
The direction is clear, no one is really working to prevent the next accident.
Outgoing Minister Michaeli (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Still, the year 2022 also shows an improvement in a number of areas that have been addressed in a targeted manner in recent years - the number of fatalities in private cars that decreased from an average of 116 fatalities in 2021-2019, to 99 drivers and passengers in the past year.
Not a little of this is attributed to the encouragement of safer cars, with advanced safety systems, taking to the road.
24 cyclists and scooters killed this year are 7 deaths less than the average of the previous three years.
Here, too, this reduction can be attributed to the targeted enforcement of riding with protective helmets, to the massive paving of designated bicycle lanes, and more.
The CEO of Haralbad, Dr. Erez Kita: "The year 2022 continues a painful trend of high fatality on the roads.
We have set ourselves the goal of reducing by 50% the victims of road accidents within 5 years, and making the State of Israel a world leader in road safety.
This is only possible through a comprehensive and multidisciplinary national program that treats the risk populations in a targeted manner.
The work plan has been approved and we are working to budget it already in the next state budget in order to prevent grief, pain and suffering from many families in Israel."
Among the main victims - two-wheeled vehicle passengers.
Motorcycle accident in Or Akiva (photo: official website, Ihud Hatzla spokesmen)
The Green Or Association criticized the government's policy in dealing with road safety and dragging its feet in the field.
Attorney Yaniv Ya'akov, CEO of the Or Yerok association: "2022 is a year of failure and we the citizens are paying the price for the government's incompetence. We must implement the national plan that will lead to a 50% reduction in deaths in the next five years" The
association also distributed the dead according to the cities and created the degree of lethality in the cities of Israel.
Tel Aviv is the most dangerous with 22 deaths, of which 10 were pedestrians.
Jerusalem with 10 dead, of which 8 were pedestrians.
Rishon Lezion with 8 dead, including 4 pedestrians.
Ashdod with 7 dead, of which 5 were pedestrians.
"This year we were informed that Israel is the worst country in all of Europe in terms of the number of deaths in the last decade," said attorney Yaakov Lavala! following the data. to low
This is the direct result of starving the field of road safety for years.
There is no forgiveness and forgiveness for public indifference and budget cuts that are clear and known to cost human lives.
The first step that the Minister of Transportation and Road Safety must take is to implement the national plan that will lead to a 50% reduction in fatalities in the next five years.
Any delay and foot-dragging will add more bereaved families and a lot more unnecessary sorrow, suffering and pain."
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