Motor Vehicle crime: Opportunity for Vehicles Security Systems
In the last 8 years, vehicles owners in the country have seen a sustained evolution in the robbery of cars.
Motor Vehicle theft is a daily crime that is watched on the news or read on the newspapers. However, even it seems to be another person’s matter, it is a reality that is worrying both the Chilean authorities as well as vehicles users in the country.
According to the department of Statistics of the Chilean Insurance Association A.G. (AACH) in 2010, 5,973 vehicles were stolen. In 2011, this figure increased to 7,681 and then to 8,461 in 2012. For the following year, there was a drop to 7,85 that raise again to 9,022 in 2014 and keep increasing to 9,762 in 2015. By the year 2016, it dropped to 8,928, figure that moved up to 9,976 in 2017
Number of vehicles stolen by year
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AACH also informed about the stolen vehicles recovery rate per year: In 2013 71.5% were recovered, figure that dropped to 70.9% in 2014, then return to 71.2% and for the next two years decreased to 63.3% and 55.4% respectively
Stolen vehicles recovery rate
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Thai Trade Center Phone: +562 2203 3386 -7 Av. Andrés Bello2777, Of.2802, Fax: +56 2 2203 3391 Las Condes, Santiago, CHILE E-Mail: [email protected] The favorite vehicles stole are Asian, mainly Toyota, Hyundai and Mitsubishi
The most stolen vehicles in Chile during the first trimester 2018
Brand Model No. Units
Toyota Hilux 311 Hyundai Accent 306 Toyota Yaris 250 Mitsubishi L200 246 Hyundai Santa Fe 244 Samsung SM3 238 Kia Motors Rio 237 Nissan Terrano 213 Kia Motors Frontier 208 Toyota RAV 4 201 TOTAL 2,454
Statistics by commune/district
Quantity of thefts by the most chosen communes/districts
Statistics of motor vehicles thefts by places
Arriving home 42% Running on the street 36% In a traffic light 8%
Parking on the street 7% In a gas station 5% In a parking lot of a shopping center 1%
In a yield 1%
Since the number of vehicles being stolen has now risen to its highest level in almost a decade, the President Sebastián Piñera signed a bill “Ley Antiportonazos” proposing jail for 5 years 1 day to ten years for those thieves who stole a car.
At the same time, Vitacura (a commune/district of Santiago ‘capital) is nowadays inviting all its residences to register themselves, to allow the Municipality to install a GPS Tracking system with an anti-carjacking in all cars with a cost of US$4.- monthly approx. per vehicle.
Likewise, there are several Chilean companies importing vehicles security systems: Engine Immobilizers, Bonnet Locks, Car Alarms, GPS Tracking, Wheel Locks, so on that Thai companies can offer their variety of good quality products. Some companies are www.sapkey.cl , www.erta.cl , www.trackchile.cl, www.fascar.cl , www.easy.cl , www.pitbull.cl , among others.
Chile is a market for all pockets and extends a welcome to all companies interested to improve and satisfy the vehicle internal demand. If you need a list with more information about importers in Chile, you can E-mail us at [email protected]
------จากหนังสือพิมพ์ La Tercera , ตุลาคม 2018 สคต. ณ กรุงซันติอาโก