San José, April 5 Of the 126 road traffic fatalities in Costa Rica in the first quarter of this year, 54 were motorcyclists, representing 43 percent of the total, said Mario Calderon in reflective uniform, director of the Police of Transit.
In a press conference, Calderon described the statistics as very regrettable, since they reveal 14 motorcyclists who died in traffic accidents between January and March 2017, compared to the same period last year.
'When we analyze the data, we dimension the problem in all its magnitude. Motorcyclists killed on the road doubled those killed in a car in 2017. Last year they tripled them, "said police chief.
Those 54 dead on the roads represent more than 15 per month, said Calderon, who insisted on the need for information campaigns to reduce this scourge in Costa Rica, which shows a worsening since 2014.
He recalled that the Road Safety Council recently issued a very strong campaign on the need for motorcyclists and their companions to wear helmets.
However, he continued, in the first two months of this year we imposed a thousand 67 fines for not carrying it and 797 for not wearing clothing or reflective vests, attachments that can avoid collisions or serious damage to the injured.
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