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'Road safety, a public health' is the title of the V Day of Road Safety at the UCAM.

Experts from various fields discussed today at the Auditorium of the Catholic University a problem that still has an excessive cost in human lives every year.

All risk factors, current data and possible solutions are some of the topics covered throughout the day.

Virginia Jerez, provincial head of Traffic in the Region of Murcia, has participated in the opening of the conference.

Previously attended the media offering some updated figures 2015: "In the Region of Murcia we are matching the data of 2014. Today there are twelve deceased we have suffered in our way, three in urban roads and nine interurban roads. In 2014 the deceased were 59, 175 wounded and 1,175 hospitalized minor injuries consisting us in our database. These figures justify days like today. We are talking about many lives, many families and many Murcia who they were affected by some kind of lack of diligence or failure to road safety ".

To reduce the number of accidents from the provincial traffic, have clear which are the main fronts. "We always talk about zero tolerance for alcohol and drugs The latest data from the National Toxicology Institute shows that 39% of drivers killed those who underwent forensic evidence tested positive for alcohol, drugs or other psychoactive substances. This data pedestrians rises to 41%. It's a risk factor that is on the street and it is therefore necessary to raise awareness the population "

Vehicles with more than seven years are 84%

Another point to note is that the age of the vehicle fleet.

Driving older cars increases the chances of having an accident. "Our studies show that there is a correlation between the age of the car and accidents 84% ​​of vehicles registered in the Murcia region have more than seven years so it is logical that this relationship exists. "

Next to the provincial head of Traffic in the Region of Murcia, have been at the opening of this conference: José Alberto Canovas, Vice President of Religious Affairs of the UCAM;

Pedro de los Santos Jimenez, director of the Degree in Civil Engineering;

and Araceli Lopez, deputy director of the International Chair in Medicine Evaluation UCAM.

Source: UCAM