Speed up accident response system for expressways

THE TOTAL LENGTH of expressways in use reached 131,000 kilometers by the end of 2017, which is the longest in the world. Yet the number of accidents increased, too, causing injuries and deaths, which calls for better emergency response services on highways. Beijing News comments:

Expressways mean not only high efficiency, but also high speeds and high risks. expressway accidents killed 5,925 people in China last year, and the death toll from expressway accidents is twice that of those on ordinary roads.

Although China has a comprehensive expressway services system, with a service area every 50 kilometers, there is only one expressway first aid station nationwide, located in Zhuji Service Zone on the highway linking Hangzhou, Jinhua and Quzhou. Worse, about 59.6 percent of expressway management departments nationwide have not established any system for alerting emergency services in the event of an accident.