Crossing of the 5 East and 6 South axes, among the points with the most crashes in CDMX – El Sol de México

The crossing of the road axes 5 East, Javier Rojo Gómez, and 6 South, in mayor’s office iztapalapais one of los points of the capital of the country that concentrated more road incidents during the first three months of the year.

With the information that the C5 receives about these types of events, It is possible to locate another 13 points in Mexico City that have more records of automotive accidents due to the heavy traffic they have or because Arteries converge in different directions.

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The Sun of Mexico was at the confluence of the axes Viales 5 Oriente and Javier Rojo Gómezvery close to the entrance gate of the Wholesale Market, where cruise ship sellers reported that the impacts between cars are constant and not just impacts from the lamina. “We have seen accidents of all kinds“, he claimed Marina, a vendor who takes advantage of the red at the traffic light to offer loose cigarettes and bottles of water.

The affirmation was seconded by Lucio, the truck route dispatcher that circulates on Road Axis 5 Eastbut none could say how many they witnessed during the last week and They emphasized that there were quite a few.

During the tour, it was possible to observe that cargo trucks and tractor-trailers circulate mainly at the intersection of these streets heading towards the Central de Abasto or leave itand that the traffic lights have good synchronization.

One of the observed problems is that some motorists, who They come on Eje 5 to turn around Rojo Gómez, they do not follow the indication to take the assigned lane for that, they want to make the last minute turn, they plant the unit in the middle of red gomez and they are exposed to being hit by a cargo truck or other vehicle.

The count of incidents admitted to C5 at that crossing is 23 during the months of JanuaryFebruary and March, according to data from the Quarterly Traffic Facts Report January-March 2023 published by the Ministry of Mobility (Semovi).

The second confluence identified in the Mexico City with the most road mishaps is in the mayor’s office Azcapotzalcowhere the Shrimp Causeway, Farms Avenue y Cuitlahuac Avenuevery close to the industrial zone of Vallejo and, therefore, also with a constant movement of cargo vehicles.

The third place of the street crossings with the most recorded road incidents is held by the Axis 2 East (avenida Congress of the Union and Axis 1 South (Brother Servando Teresa de Mier), mayor’s office Venustiano Carranzaand for which coincidentally there is also a lot of circulation of cargo trucks and trailerssince it is very close to the Merced Market.

Currently, the influx over Fray Servando Teresa de Mier is intense because over there trucks of the Passenger Transport Network transit that provide emergent service to passengers at the Subway Line 1whose half is closed.

The list is followed by Inner Circuit (Blvd. Puerto Aereo) and Axis 1 South (Francisco Morazán) and the intersection of Eje 5 Sur (Av. de las Torres) and Axis 8 South (Calz. Ermita Iztapalapa), both with 22. Also listed Calzada de las Bombas and Eje 2 Oriente (Canal de Miramontes, with 21 mishaps and Avenida Insurgentes Norte and Eje 2 Norte) (Manuel Gonzalez), with 20.

Los road axes registered the highest number of fatal traffic eventscon 28 of 86 (33 percent), followed by controlled access roads with 26 percent and secondary roads with 20 percent.

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During that same period91 people died due to traffic events, that is 17 percent less than in the same period, but from 2022.

The data also indicates that 36 percent of the people killed by road accidents that occurred in that period correspond to motorcyclists35 percent pedestrians, 15 percent motor vehicle passengers, 8 percent drivers, and 5 percent cyclists.