The deputy delegate of the Government in A Coruña, María Rivas, participated today in the act in memory of traffic victims organized by the Concello de A Coruña on the occasion of the Day of Victims of Road Violence, in which she called on all institutions involved in the prevention of road accidents or in the response to the consequences thereof “to join with the objective of redoubling efforts to improve the prevention, training and planning of our road networks.”
María Rivas expressed the importance of celebrating tributes like this, which provide the opportunity to remember and raise awareness of the real danger on the roads. “Approximately 1.35 million people lose their lives in road accidents around the world every year, which means that 3,700 people die every day, and most of them are vulnerable victims, such as pawns, motorcyclists and cyclists,” said the deputy delegate.
In this regard, he stressed that the government is redoubling its efforts to improve prevention, working constantly with information and surveillance campaigns through the DGT.” Likewise, it highlighted the road education training campaigns carried out through the Master Plan, aimed at young boys and girls and reaching 93% of the province’s educational centers. He also pointed out the work that is being developed in the planning of road networks, where investments in security and improvement of signaling elements are constant.
“We cannot allow lives to continue to be lost on the roads, because those lives that are lost cause damage to the people who remain. That is why we are not going to stop calling attention to road violence, because the only number of victims we must tolerate is zero,” added Rivas, who recalled that last year 88 people lost their lives in traffic accidents in Galicia, 27 in the province of A Coruña, accidents that also left more than 4,000 people seriously injured.
The deputy delegate took the opportunity to transfer her support and that of the Government to the associations of victims, of which she highlighted her “tireless work, essential to cover the continuous and necessary work of awareness, prevention and above all support to the victims and their families.”
The event convened by the Council of A Coruña, was attended by the councilor for Infrastructure and Mobility, Noemí Díaz Vázquez, and the president of the association Stop Accidents, Jeanne Piccard, who read a manifesto. In addition, the attendees performed a minute of silence, which ended with a floral offering in memory of the victims of trafficking.
The Day of the Victims of Road Violence, was born of a United Nations agreement in October 2005 so that every third Sunday of November the whole of society honors and becomes aware of the millions of people who died on the roads.