Traffic Safety Committee reports decline in traffic accidents

The National Traffic Safety Committee has reported significant declines in traffic accidents and fatalities during the 11-month period.

The scene of a accident in Tien Giang province. (Photo: Huu Chi)

Between January-November, 23,256 cases of traffic accidents occurred nationwide, killing 8,272 people and injuring 22,434 others.

The figures represented a year-on-year decline of 3,909 cases (14.4 percent), 354 fatalities (4.1 percent) and 4,870 injuries (17.84 percent).

In November alone, there were 2,455 accidents with 797 deaths and 2,461 injuries, showing a decrease of 12.1 percent, 2.09 percent and 15.63 percent, respectively, compared to the figures in 2013.

In the past 11 months, the police handled over 4 million road traffic violations, collected fines of more than 2,360 billion VND (112.4 million USD) and revoked over 340,510 driving licenses.

Waterway police at localities cracked down on nearly 19,000 violations and fined 10.8 billion VND (514,300 USD).

Drunk driving is the cause of up to 70 percent of traffic accidents in Vietnam, the Committee said.

In 2013, 9,369 people were killed in 29,385 accidents.

(Source: VNA)