Road study: 82 accidents, 19 fatalities in one year on Jocotepec highway
SCT Jalisco’s personnel made reports in the area. Photo: Courtesy.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía – The Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT Jalisco) went to the site to prepare reports and propose solutions after multiple crashes on the Guadalajara-Morelia highway, along the stretch of road known as «La Engorda» in El Molino took place.
Eighty-two automobile accidents were recorded, some of them with fatal consequences between 2021 and January of this year, according to the record delivered January 31 to the SCT by the local deputy for District 17, María Dolores López Jara,
In total there were 19 fatalities and more than 100 injured, according to López Jara, who together with the municipal trustee, Carlos Alberto Zúñiga Chacón, reviewed the road section together with SCT personnel on February 1st.
Zúñiga Chacón said that, previously, the widening of lanes in El Molino had been proposed, however, it was a project that never materialized because no agreement was reached with the landowners.
The trustee explained that they were asking for «exorbitant amounts» in relation to the real value of the properties, in addition to the disapproval of the businesses established next to the road, who argued that by converting this route into a beltway, their sales would decrease.
So far, the measures that the Ministry of Communications and Transportation may propose for this roadwork are unknown, since they are just in the analysis phase.
Although the exact factors that have turned this stretch into a danger for motorists are unknown, elements of the Civil Protection and Firefighters Unit of Jocotepec indicated that the need to suddenly and drastically to reduce speed in order to enter the lane, along with the narrowness of the road, could be the causes.
The report did not specify the percentage of accidents that are associated with the consumption of intoxicating beverages or the recklessness of the drivers, which could also be causes for the accidents.
Translated by Colleen Beery
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