The National Road Safety Agency (ANSV) revealed worrying data on road accidents in Argentina, coinciding with National Road Safety Day.
According to the preliminary report, last year it claimed the lives of 4,369 people in the country due to traffic accidents, which is equivalent to an average of 12 deaths per day.
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The analysis highlights that the Motorcyclists constituted the highest percentage of fatalities, representing 40% of the total, followed by the occupants of private vehicles with 25%. Among the deceased, 38% were between 15 and 34 years old, and 75% were men.
Regarding the type of accidents, the 53% were collisionss, 12% overturns and 11% pedestrian hits.
The data in Córdoba
Córdoba is positioned as the second province with the highest number of deaths, with 398 deaths recorded in 357 road accidents last year. Only behind Buenos Aires (1,351). The information was provided by the General Directorate of Information Technologies and Statistical Analysis of the Córdoba Police.
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Who follows him? Santa Fe takes third place With a downward trend in the number of deaths, Mendoza is in twelfth place and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, in fifteenth place.
The report highlights that October It was the month with the highest number of deaths in the province in 2023. Month by month, the deaths were distributed in this way:
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– January: 26
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– February 21
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– March: 32
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– April: 31
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– May: 36
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– June: 34
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– July: 30
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– August: 26
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– September: 30
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– October: 41
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– November: 30
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– December: 20
Besides, the City of Córdoba reported 93 dead people in road accidents, which represents one in every four deaths that occur in the country in this type of accidents.
Compared to the previous year, 2023 marked a 26% increase in the number of fatalities in traffic accidents, consolidating itself as the year with the most deaths in the last three years.
