Traffic accidents with victims during the Christmas and New Year holidays, between December 21, 2024 and last January 6, according to the report of the plans executed by the Police that season, were high, although lower in relation to with last year.
Commissioner General Fernando Borge, second head of the Managua Police Delegation, in an interview with official media, detailed that in that period 2,191 traffic accidents occurred, in which 51 people died.
Among the deceased were drivers (29), passengers (12) and pedestrians (10).
The main causes of traffic accidents with victims that occurred during the Christmas and New Year season, according to Borges, were drunkenness (21), speeding (17), lane invasion (5) and pedestrian recklessness ( 3).
The largest number of traffic accidents with fatalities occurred in Managua (11), Triángulo Minero (6), León (5), Jinotega (4) and Masaya (4).
Also, they documented accidents with deaths on the roads in Chinandega (3), Rivas (3), Boaco (2), Chontales (2), Estelí (2), Matagalpa (2), Carazo (1), Granada (1), Nueva Segovia (1), North Caribbean (1) and South Caribbean (1).
In this period, Borge highlighted, the institution also delivered 16,368 licenses that had been withdrawn from drivers who violated Law 431, Law for the Vehicular Circulation Regime and Traffic Violations, after they paid the respective fines and in some cases complied with their respective seminars for accumulation of sanctions.
In addition, he mentioned that they delivered 23,972 certificates of conduct; They registered 13,930 online registrations for new driver’s licenses, issued 3,084 new driving permits and replaced – in most cases due to loss or damage to the document – 2,632 driver’s licenses.
