Friday night, the end of november: A 14-year-old girl gets off the bus on the E45 just south of the Orsa, when a car comes in high speed and running at her. She was brought to the hospital, but her life can not save.
the Girl is one of 37 people who were killed in traffic in november, a gloomy peak, which means that more people lost their lives than in any other novembermånad since 2003.
“If you look at the accidents we have had a declining curve, but now we see that the decline has leveled off,” says Tony Härdin, chief superintendent with responsibility for trafikfrågor at the national level.
the months were killed 287 people in traffic, according to statistics from the Swedish transport agency, compared with 224 persons in 2017.
” We have seen that the traffic flow has increased in the year. It increased last year as well, but now we have more trucks and there is a large group of accidents. We had a fantastic summer and it also increased the flow of traffic with many accidents, says Khabat Amin, statistician at Trafikstyrelsen.
He also highlights that one in three accidents happen because drivers are drunk.
– If the police are more out there on the roads so maybe not so many dare to drive drunk. Another effect is that the more is the speed, and it also affects the number of accidents, ” says Amin.
perform fewer checks on the roads. Both the number of speed checks such as checks of drivers ‘ sobriety has declined since 2012.
According to Tony Härdin, you can’t turn a blind eye to the relationship between the number of controls and safety.
” It is clear that it has affected that the controls are fewer. The visibility of police on the road has a dampening effect, ” he says.
Monica Green is the president of the trafiksäkerhetsorganisationen NTF. She looks very serious on the number of killed in traffic. The previous downward trend was due, according to Monica Green for a large part to the roads have become safer.
“But then you come to a point where it is not possible to build away more accidents, but where it comes to human behavior,” she says.
– unfortunately, There are a type of people who drive intoxicated and driving without a license, they have already come far away from society, and how we behave towards each other. Somebody needs to be on the roads and stop them – and it is the police.
there are several reasons why the police spend less time at work, in traffic. He is talking about a generally high workload, but also that the number of tasks has increased since 2015, when the police carried out an extensive reorganization. In the disappeared, the dedicated traffic police and the responsibility for traffic control is now on the so-called kommunpoliserna.
– for example, We had more to do with the migration, it is a clear thing that took resources from all over the country. Then we have an increase of serious violent crimes and has intensified efforts towards vulnerable areas, ” says Härdin.
the police took and Orsa municipality together until a so-called medborgarlöfte. Where visible, the black and white that local residents see trafikfrågor as one of the biggest problems.
” I shall not hide the fact that our resources are severely limited. We do not have the same opportunity to be there that we had before, ” says Johan Hed, kommunpolis in the Orsa, but also in the Mora Valley.
the Man responsible for the fatal accident outside of the Orsa is now in custody, suspected of aggravated involuntary manslaughter. He has a long history of drunk driving, drug offenses and illegal driving.
