Ministry of Transportation Urgent Notice: Immediately Chasing Line-by-Line Cars for Long Distance Coaches

In response to the “8·26” traffic accident in Ansai Section of Yan'an, Shaanxi, Baomao Expressway, the Ministry of Transport issued the “Urgent Notice on Further Strengthening Long-distance Passenger Transport Safety Management” and requested the transportation departments of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. (Bureau and Committee) Tianjin, Shanghai Municipal Transport and Port Authority quickly carried out comprehensive investigations and remediation of long-distance passenger trains, strengthened the dynamic monitoring of the entire operation process of passenger vehicles, and took effective measures to effectively prevent drivers from fatigue driving.

Appendix: Emergency Notification of the Ministry of Transport on Further Strengthening Long-distance Passenger Transport Safety Management Delivery to the Communications Bureau (Bureau, Committee) of the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps of Mingde (2012) No. 0831, Tianjin, Shanghai Transport and Port Authority:

At 2:40 a.m. on August 26th, 2012, a sleeper bus for Mongolian AK1475 was issued from Hohhot to Xi’an by Inner Mongolia Huyun (Group) Co., Ltd., and when the vehicle was driven to Ansai Section of Baomao Expressway, K484+95 meters. At the time, a large-scale tanker (containing methanol) with the Yu Yu HD6962 license plate numbered by the first automobile transportation company in Mengzhou, Henan, was involved in a rear-end collision. The two vehicles caught fire, killing 36 people and injuring three people.

The occurrence of this particularly serious and vicious accident has caused extremely serious losses to the lives and property of the people, resulting in a very bad social impact. The lessons are very painful. In order to earnestly learn lessons from accidents, strengthen long-distance passenger transportation safety management, and effectively prevent and resolutely curb the occurrence of major and severe road traffic accidents, the following emergency notifications are now made:

First, profoundly learn lessons from accidents and effectively strengthen long-distance passenger transportation safety management. The transportation departments at all levels shall in-depth study and conscientiously implement the “Opinions of the State Council on Strengthening the Management of Road Traffic Safety” (GF [2012] No. 30) and fully understand the extreme importance and urgency of doing a good job in long-distance passenger transport management. Sexually, strengthen organizational leadership, strengthen coordination and cooperation with relevant departments, further strengthen long-distance passenger transport safety management, go deep into the grassroots and in-depth, carefully analyze the current situation and characteristics of long-distance passenger transport safety management, formulate effective and effective preventive measures, and resolutely prevent The occurrence of a major accident. To inform each transport company and every driver in the region of the accident, they must learn lessons from the accident, compare the actual situation of the company, and do everything from the other, and do a good job in accident prevention and emergency handling.

Second, a thorough investigation and rectification of long-distance bus lines was carried out. All local transportation departments shall, in accordance with the requirements of the document Guofa No. 30, and in conjunction with the “Year of Road Passenger Safety” activities, immediately carry out a thorough clean-up of long-distance passenger transport and carry out a comprehensive inspection and rectification of the hidden dangers of long-distance passenger cars on a line-by-line basis. It is necessary to focus on the investigation of the qualifications of drivers and traffic violations, safety performance of vehicles, whether emergency exits are smooth, whether there are illegal modifications to vehicles, and whether the implementation of relevant safety management systems such as fatigue of drivers is implemented. If it is found that there are hidden safety problems, it must immediately order rectification; if the rectification fails, it shall not be operated on the road. Further improve the approval and management of long-distance passenger transport lines, strengthen the evaluation of the safety adaptability of roads passing through the route, and reasonably determine the operating routes, models and time periods. Strict implementation of mountain roads below level 3 (including) where the night-time route does not meet the safe traffic conditions shall not allow for the approval of passenger transport lines. The enterprises that have not implemented the requirements for the safety management of long-distance passenger transport lines shall suspend their participation in the bidding of the sub-branches and the examination and approval of new transport capacity.

Third, take effective measures to effectively prevent the driver from driving fatigue. Preventing driver fatigue driving is the key to strengthening long-distance passenger transportation safety management. All local transportation departments must supervise enterprises to arrange shifts in a reasonable manner and create conditions to actively implement long-distance passenger transport vehicles to stop operation from 2 to 5 a.m. or to implement connection transport; to strictly implement the driver parking substitution and landing rest system to ensure that the driver follows the prescribed time. Rest and avoid fatigue driving. Support transport companies in the highway service area, passenger stations and other places to establish long-distance bus driver half-way breaks, to provide drivers with landing breaks and rotation services. Passengers over 1,000 kilometers must step up efforts to establish a system for half-way breaks. Any line that does not establish a half-way break and cannot achieve grounded rest or connection to the driver must be resolutely shut down.

Fourth, strengthen the dynamic monitoring of the entire operation process of passenger vehicles. All local transportation departments shall urge the transport enterprises to further implement the responsibility of the monitoring entity, formulate and improve the regulations for the installation and use of satellite positioning devices, give full play to the role of the monitoring platform, strengthen the monitoring of the state of outbound vehicles, speeding, and half-way parking, and timely detect and stop them. All kinds of illegal acts of vehicles are handled and handled in a timely manner. Make full use of the monitoring function of the sleeper car video and firmly prevent the vehicle from going overboard. All types of illegal information and handling should be kept alive for at least 3 years. All localities must supervise the transportation companies to complete the monitoring of standards compliance of the monitoring platform or monitoring terminal before the end of the year.

V. Strict tourism chartered vehicle safety management. The local transportation departments shall, in accordance with the “Regulations Concerning the Implementation of Special Campaigns for the Sightseeing Movement of Passenger Trains by Traveling” (Suo Yun Fa [2012] No. 304), intensify the special rectification actions for the safety of passenger trains for travel, and earnestly strengthen the safety of passenger transport by chartered tours. management. It is necessary to conduct a rigorous review on the qualifications of tour chartered companies, and it is forbidden to engage in inter-provincial chartered business for enterprises that do not qualify for interprovincial class lines.

Sixth, focus on supervision and inspection, serious accident reporting system. Recently, the transportation departments of various localities must further intensify their supervision and inspections, conduct inspections on the safety management of long-distance passenger transport by means of inspections and other methods, and promptly identify and supervise the problems and hidden dangers in the long-distance passenger transportation safety management. The accident reporting system must be strictly followed. After a major road traffic accident occurs, the accident site and the transportation department of the vehicle registry must report to the Ministry in a timely manner in accordance with the requirements of the “Statistical Reporting System for Traffic Accidents in the Road Transportation Industry” to enhance the timeliness of the accident report. .