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On the other hand, older adults show lower figures: between 50 and 54 years old, there were 14 deaths; between 55 and 59, ten; between 60 and 64, ten; between 65 and 69, seven; and those over 70 are also part of the statistics. The hours of greatest risk are concentrated in the early morning and evening-night, with 9:00 p.m. being the most dangerous time. Motorcyclists The figures show that citizens who travel on motorcycles are the ones most involved in accidents. Your vulnerability level is extreme: 53.3% of the deceased were motorcyclists. They are followed by: automobiles (11.3%), pedestrians (11.1%), cargo vehicles (6.4%), SUVs (3.9%), buses (3.0%), vans (2.5%) and bicycles (0.2%). Oliver Martínez lost an arm and a leg At 7:00 p.m. on March 10, 2016, a trip that Oliver Martínez, 26 years old, undertook towards San Cristóbal to rest after a long day, ended up becoming the worst experience of his life. While traveling on his motorcycle on the Sánchez highway, another motorcycle traveling at high speed and in the opposite lane hit him head-on. That recklessness triggered a tragedy that would mark him forever. His body was thrown and fell to the pavement completely beaten. One of his arms received the biggest impact, while a leg suffered a serious fracture that later became complicated by a bacteria. After years of attempts to save it, the doctors made the painful decision to amputate it. Oliver remained a whole month in intensive care, fighting between life and death. Upon waking up from the coma, his mother told him what had happened. Today, although he depends on a wheelchair and lacks limbs, he assures that he has plenty of reasons to live: his daughter Madisson, five months old, and his family.Christmas and the significant increase in accidents
In December of last year, 227 people died from this cause. The record reveals that during Christmas and New Year of 2024, 15 accidents occurred, involving 12 motorcycles, two light vehicles, and one case of hit-and-run. Citizen Perception Through a survey conducted on Instagram, users attributed the high accident rates to citizen recklessness, lack of road education, cell phone use while driving, and the absence of a real regime of consequences. “Desperation and two-wheeled vehicles that go crazy,” said the young Engel José Díaz. While Danilsy Sánchez expressed: “People always live recklessly as if time is on their side. Driving here stresses me out.” Faced with evidence of an unbalanced road system, an intervention is needed to address the weaknesses that endanger human life and claim thousands of lives each year. Talks, preventive plans, massive road education, an effective consequences regime, strict laws, and the creation of citizen awareness would be key steps to transform this reality. So far, the Dominican Republic continues to be among the countries with the highest accident rate worldwide, an alert that must be analyzed urgently.
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