THE POLICE TRAFFIC department is announcing that no new traffic bad spots have emerged since the start of the year.
The police say since the start of the year, traditional bad spots such as Old Harbour Road and Mandela Highway in St. Catherine, Spanish Town Road in St. Andrew, and Llandovery in St. Ann have accounted for several deaths and accidents.
These bad spots have accounted for several of the 141 accidents which have resulted in 159 deaths, which is 13 more than last year. Statistics for the number of deaths recorded on these roads were not readily available.
SHIFT IN TIMES
Deputy Superintendent Byron Powell of the Police Traffic Division said the reason the bad spots continue to cause a high number of deaths is because there has been a shift in the times the accidents happen.
"The police are usually on the roads at the time when the accidents happen. But, we're finding that the times when the accidents take place have moved so we have to be now thinking about having people along these roads around the clock," said DSP Powell.
So far, DSP Powell said two of the three multiple fatal accidents since this year have been at the traditional bad spots. In the first multiple accident, five people were killed when a trailer crashed into a bus on Spanish Town Road. In the second incident, two persons were killed on the Llandovery main road in St. Ann. The other multiple accident took place on the Spanish Town leg of Highway 2000 when five persons were killed in a minibus accident. Although the accident took five lives, DSP Powell said Highway 2000 was still not considered a bad spot.
"I wouldn't say it is a bad spot at this time, bearing in mind the speed at which you travel on the road and the volume of traffic that is on the road when compared with other roads," he said.
DSP Powell added that two other bad spots in the form of Mount Rosser in St. Catherine and Rose Hall in St. James have been quiet since the start of the year.
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