Bermuda Ranked High Per Capita In Collisions
[Written by Don Burgess]
With police revealing Bermuda has between four to six traffic accidents per day, that places the island in the top 10 countries in the world in reported accidents per population.
Based on the mid-range figure of five accidents per day, Bermuda would have 1825 accidents per year, placing us tenth on the list, just below Slovenia’s 1,836 accidents per 64,000 people.
The United States leads the way with 3,768 accidents per 64,000 people.
If the top figure of six accidents per day is correct Bermuda would average 2,190 accidents per year, which would place us seventh in the world, just behind Germany.
If the lower figure of four per day were used, Bermuda would place 13th in the world just behind Croatia with 1,460 accidents per year.
- United States: 3,768 accidents per 64,000 people
- South Korea: 2,686 accidents per 64,000 people
- Austria: 2,541 accidents per 64,000 people
- Japan: 2,540 accidents per 64,000 people
- Portugal: 2,382 accidents per 64,000 people
- Germany: 2,314 accidents per 64,000 people
- Belgium: 2,098 accidents per 64,000 people
- Italy: 1,837 accidents per 64,000 people
- Slovenia: 1,836 accidents per 64,000 people
- Bermuda 1,825 accidents per 64,000 people
- Canada: 1,782 accidents per 64,000 people
- Croatia: 1,551 accidents per 64,000 people
- Spain: 1,417 accidents per 64,000 people
- Switzerland: 1,337 accidents per 64,000 people
- Turkey: 1,332 accidents per 64,000 people
- Australia: 1,329 accidents per 64,000 people
- Czech Republic: 1,244 accidents per 64,000 people
- United Kingdom: 1,177 accidents per 64,000 people
- Hungary: 1,108 accidents per 64,000 people
- Finland: 1,047 accidents per 64,000
Sources: Bermuda Police Service, World Atlas, World Population Review and Mason Law.
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TRAFIC COLLISIONS
The common excuse these day are.
” i did not see the vehicle coming “.
” The vehicle came out of no where”.
” The on coming vehicle was traveling as excessive speed” .
Over taking and tailgating should be at the top of the list.
Most likely many Bermuda drivers are short on patience you can’t blame them having to contend with the oversized trucks and buses.
FACTS
The life you save may be your own.
The Ambulance has absolute right of way .
We live in a country where all of our horse and buggy roads and are rural , problems occur when people exceed reasonable trafic flow speed limits , much worse during rain storms .
Problems arise on blind corner intersections when vehicles try to enter a main road from a “T” side street they are running the gauntlet , a virtual imposable task to accomplish when on coming vehicles approaches at speed.
Hit the horn on blind corner and at junctions flask headlight at nights.
Over taking other vehicles these days is a suiside mission as the is alway another vehicle approaching from the other direction.
SCOOTERS
” Come on guys ,please slow down” .
Overtaking other vehicles has become no longer practical as the guarantee is another vehicle will be coming from the other direction .
Driving at night requires exceptional care as the lack of yellow and white center line is an invitation for a disaster .
A vehicles horn and headlights are two identifiers which are used warn others of your present location.
Momenterarly flashing the headlights at night is better than blowing the horn which caused confusion as to vehicle proper location.
Honking the horn during the day only when nessessary gives a better warning signal to identify your present location.
Flasking the headlights lights during the day is not agood idea.
Driving in the city and not using direction flasher is just looking for trouble .
And what of the:
• Murder rate
• Unsolved murder numbers
• Road fatalities
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