Strong increase in the number of weekend accidents in the province of Antwerp | Antwerp
The province of AntwerpDuring the first nine months of this year, 327 accidents occurred during weekend nights in the province of Antwerp. That is 110 more than in the same period last year, or an increase of 51 percent. “Unfortunately there is again disappeared accidents as before the pandemic. The number of deaths and (serious) injuries also rose again,” said Antwerp governor Cathy Berx on Saturday when the WODCA results were presented.
In the period January-September of this year, there were already 410 casualties in night-time weekend traffic, 146 more than in the same previous period. The number of fatalities increased (from 1 to 5), as well as the number of serious injuries (from 40 to 41) and the number of minor injuries (from 223 to 364).
More alcohol and speed checks
The police will discover three times as many speed traps in 2022 than in the previous year. Of the 117,101 drivers checked, 6.8 percent committed a speeding violation, which is a decrease from 7.8 percent in 2021. Sixteen driver’s licenses were immediately revoked.
Police also held more alcohol checks than last year. 24,628 pre-tests were performed and a breath test was determined on 30,491 drivers. 1,669 drivers, of 3.1 percent, had more than the permitted 0.5 promille alcohol in their blood. That is a decrease ten influence from last year, when it was still 3.5 percent.
Of the drivers caught, 57 percent had more than 0.8 promille alcohol in their blood. In 2021, this percentage was in the same line, namely 61 percent. 260 driver’s licenses were immediately revoked. Of the 474 drivers in whom a speech test was improved, 201 turned out to be positive, of 42 percent (up from 44 percent in 2021). The police revoked 185 driver’s licenses.
A provincial WODCA action was also organized in the night from Saturday to Sunday, in which about two hundred police officers participated. Governor Cathy Berx visited an identical checkpoint of the police zones HEKLA and Rupel.
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