Shanghai Launches Traffic Safety Theme Promotion Month | City | Traffic Safety
Today, Shanghai launched the "Civilized Travel · Beauty of Order" Traffic Safety Theme Promotion Month activity. At the event site of the Shanghai Exhibition Center, representatives from the transportation industry and the delivery and express delivery industry in the city issued a declaration of initiative, calling on more citizens to participate together and make urban transportation more civilized, smooth, and orderly.
Since the beginning of this year, the number of alcohol related traffic accidents in the city has decreased by 25.8% compared to 2019; A comprehensive inspection of road safety hazards has been carried out, and more than 500 missing signs and markings at right turn intersections of large trucks have been rectified. The number of fatalities caused by "making dumplings" at right turn intersections of large trucks has decreased by 73.1% compared to 2019; We have promoted the implementation of over 100 congestion node renovation projects in the urban area, and increased the traffic capacity of relevant road sections by 10% during morning and evening peak hours, promoting the continuous improvement of road traffic order and traffic efficiency in the city. According to statistics, the number of deaths from road traffic accidents in Shanghai has decreased by 16% year-on-year since 2019.
At the event, representatives from industries such as public transportation and logistics issued a declaration of initiative, calling on all traffic participants to consciously abide by traffic regulations and strive to build the "beauty of order" in Shanghai. Programs such as gesture exercises and situational dramas, written and performed by teachers, students, and police officers, won the audience's laughter and applause. The original theme song "Safe Road" for promoting Shanghai's transportation civilization, launched by the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, brought the event to a climax. On that day, citizens also experienced traffic safety promotional equipment such as "simulated drunk driving" glasses, seat belt collisions, and simulated driving experiences.
This event is hosted by the Shanghai Road Traffic Safety Professional Committee, aiming to further enhance the attention and participation of the whole society in traffic safety, and work together to create a safe, orderly, civilized, and harmonious road traffic environment. Each member unit and district of the Municipal Transportation Safety Commission will also give a good "traffic safety first lesson" to primary and secondary schools in the city during the "start of school season", conduct targeted traffic safety lectures in transportation enterprises and the express delivery industry, strengthen the awareness of traffic safety among the elderly in key streets, towns, and communities, and carry out a "civilized transportation random shooting" video collection activity online and offline, providing tips on law-abiding, civilized transportation, and safe transportation, so that more people can enhance their awareness of traffic safety and jointly build a civilized and orderly city.