{"id":186405,"date":"2023-09-28T13:21:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T17:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=186405"},"modified":"2023-11-13T13:30:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T17:30:31","slug":"concerns-over-road-safety-as-superintendent-quammie-highlights-increase-in-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/concerns-over-road-safety-as-superintendent-quammie-highlights-increase-in-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerns Over Road Safety as Superintendent Quammie Highlights Increase in Accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Despite a significant number of road accidents this year (2023), the statistics are not alarming, and only a small number have resulted in fatalities, says Superintendent of Police Elson Quammie, the head of the Traffic Department.<\/p>

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Comparing the statistics from 2021 to the present, Quammie acknowledges a slight increase over each year, with the first half of2023 showing 16 more accidents than the same period in 2022.<\/p>\n

The Traffic head also reports that most of the road collisions are occurring outside the precincts of St. John\u2019s. At times, he says, the out-stations respond to more accidents than the Traffic Department does.<\/p>

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According to Quammie, so far this year the district stations have investigated a combined total of just over 700 collisions, while the Traffic Department has handled just over 600.<\/p>

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In the meantime, traffic accidents on Barbuda also have been on the increase over the past three years, Quammie says. Statistics show that there were about a dozen collisions over that period. Quammie believes that not all drivers pay attention to motorway lane markings <\/a>and this is a major contributing factor to the collisions.<\/p>\n

In 2023, Quammie says, there have been five accidents, to date, on the sister-island compared to three last year (2022) and four in 2021.<\/p>

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Meanwhile, the Department head says the Police are facing a very serious challenge regarding the road network. He says it is very congested and packed to capacity with vehicles.<\/p>\n

He notes that it has been some time since the Government has undertaken the building of new roads or road-marking initiatives.<\/p>

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Rather, the same road network has existed for several decades, with some improvements \u201chere and there;\u201d but most of the roads are not in the best condition, he admits.<\/p>

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Many people believe the condition of the roads has contributed to several accidents in which drivers travelling at high speed have had to swerve to avoid potholes.<\/p>\n

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