Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 16 (Reporter Feng Jiashun) The reporter learned from the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security on the 16th that on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, various places have ushered in the peak of returns. As of 19 o'clock on the 16th, the national road traffic safety situation was generally stable, and no road traffic accidents with more than 3 deaths were reported.
Judging from the traffic flow of 700 important passage nodes of 73 expressways monitored by the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the traffic flow increased by 29 compared with the same period last year5%；From the monitoring of 53 national and provincial highways and 300 important channel node traffic, the traffic flow increased by 37 compared with the same period last year1%。Tomorrow is the last day of the Spring Festival holiday, and the return traffic will continue to climb. The Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security has re-emphasized and redeployed the road traffic management work for the return trip during the holiday, and strives to create a good road traffic environment for the safe return of the masses.
According to the forecast of the ** meteorological observatory, from February 17th to 22nd, affected by the cold wave weather, most parts of China will have a significant cooling, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang parts of heavy to heavy snowfall, eastern North China, most of Huanghuai, some parts of northern South China have light to moderate rain, will have an adverse impact on traffic travel.
The Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security reminds the majority of drivers and friends that they should always put traffic safety first, pay close attention to the weather and road conditions before traveling, reasonably arrange travel time and routes, and do not drive over the speed limit and fatigue driving for the sake of hurrying.