On May 24, a netizen released a video on the social networking platform, saying that at 5:00 am that day, a traffic accident occurred on Donglian Road in Dalian, Liaoning Province, which was opened to traffic after maintenance. Some netizens suspect that the cause of the accident is related to the vehicle skidding caused by the falling off of anti slip particles on the road surface after the maintenance of Donglian Road.
Donglian Road was completed and opened to traffic 5 days ahead of schedule, but traffic accidents occurred on the first day, which soon attracted public attention. A car owner told Red Star News that when he drove into Donglian Road that day, he could really see the anti slip particles falling off the ground. Many netizens also questioned that Donglian Road had been completed ahead of schedule as a "tofu dregs" project.
▲ Donglian Road after maintenance. Picture and data surging news
In response to netizens' queries, Dalian Municipal Public Utilities Service Center said that it is normal for particles to fall off from the newly paved anti-skid pavement, the maintenance project of Donglian Road is not "tofu dregs", and the premise for early completion is that it will be put into normal use after meeting the requirements. The staff of the Shahekou Brigade of the Traffic Police Detachment of the Dalian Public Security Bureau said that the accident police had been involved in the investigation.
Past owners:
There are some falling debris on the road. It feels a little slippery
Red Star News reporter saw in many online videos that the accident vehicle was a silver Lexus car. When it came to a turning section, the vehicle lost control and hit the barrier in the middle of the road. There were no other vehicles around when the accident occurred. After the collision, the front of the accident vehicle was smashed, and the isolation fence was also damaged.
After the incident, a netizen suspected of being the owner of the accident released a video in which a woman grabbed the red particles piled up on the road and said: "This is the way on Donglian Road, and that's why my car had an accident." The reporter tried to contact the video publisher to understand the situation, but as of the end of the press release, the other party did not respond.
According to public data, Donglian Road (Lianhe Road North China Road) is about 11.3 kilometers long, 23 meters wide and 276000 square meters in total.
According to surging news reports, Donglian Road has not been completely repaired since its completion in 2009. In recent years, with the increasing number of cars in Dalian, and the serious overloading of subway construction machinery and various transport vehicles, the pavement of Donglian Road has cracked, rutted, and subsided, which seriously affects the normal use of the road and vehicle traffic safety. The proportion of pavement damage is 57.77%. Routine maintenance and repair can no longer improve the safe traffic environment.
As one of the main roads in Dalian, Donglian Road was opened to traffic in advance and attracted many local citizens to "punch in". A car owner who drove on Donglian Road that morning told Red Star News reporter, "The overall feeling is that the road is much smoother than in the past. The road is really renovated, but the part paved with red anti slip particles is really not a good experience when driving past."
The owner said that in the area where the red anti slip particles are suspected to be paved, the road surface can see the debris falling off, and other vehicles on the road also have sand blowing when passing by. According to the owner, at about 11:00 am, he saw workers cleaning the road.
As for whether the road skidded, the owner said: "There was a car braking hard in front of me on the road, and I almost didn't stop. The road felt really slippery."
▲ The owner of the suspected accident released a video saying that there were a lot of particles falling off on the anti slip road of Donglian Road. Video capture
Local municipal center:
No "tofu dregs" during rush period engineering
If particles fall off in the anti-skid area, is it the main reason for the accident? To this end, the Red Star News reporter called Dalian Municipal Public Utilities Service Center on the afternoon of the 24th, and a wiring worker responded that there was a traffic accident in the online video, or it was related to the vehicle speeding when turning.
"According to the video content, the vehicle involved in the accident was driving at the turning section, with a speed limit of 50km/h. However, according to the video, the speed of the vehicle involved in the accident was too fast at that time, exceeding the speed limit standard." The staff pointed out that "the specific reason still needs to wait for the investigation results of the traffic police department."
In addition, the Red Star News reporter also contacted the traffic police brigade in Shahekou District, Dalian City. A staff member said to the reporter: "Donglian Road was opened to traffic that morning, and there was a small problem with the road surface. But now there are construction personnel entering the site to clean up, and the road is also normal."
The staff member pointed out that after Donglian Road was opened to traffic, it was not like what netizens said that "many traffic accidents occurred on the first day of opening to traffic". "According to the results displayed on the alarm reception platform, there has been only one traffic accident on Donglian Road up to now." The staff member said that the traffic accident had been handled without causing casualties. As for the specific causes of the accident, there are special accident police involved in the investigation.
▲ Messages from netizens below relevant videos
Is there a rush period behind the early opening of Donglian Road, leading to a decline in maintenance quality? The above municipal utility service center wiring staff explained that although Donglian Road was completed and opened to traffic five days in advance, the project was not what netizens called "tofu dregs" project. "The completion of the road ahead of schedule also aims to avoid vehicle congestion and facilitate the citizens. The road is normal and meets the requirements from laying to putting into use."
As for the shedding of anti-skid particles on the road, the staff said, "This is a normal phenomenon. The newly paved anti-skid roads will naturally fall off to a certain extent, and the problem can be solved through normal cleaning."
Red Star Journalist Yang Yuqi Intern Chu Yu Ying
Edited by He Xianfeng and Wei Kongming
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