Traffic accidents killed 780 people and injured 1,348 others from December 16, 2017, to January 15, 2018, the National Committee for Traffic Safety reported. Traffic accidents have increased in the first month of 2018 There were 1,762 traffic accidents, including 872 crashes and 890 collisions. “In comparison to the same period last year, the number of accidents has increased by 60 cases (3.53 per cent), deaths by 36 cases (4.84 per cent) and injuries by 170 cases (14.4 per cent),” said Khuất Duy Hùng, vice chairman of the committee. In February, the committee will implement the Prime Minister’s official order to ensure traffic safety and reduce the number of accidents during Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday and the 2018 Spring Festival in Hanoi, HCM City and other localities from January 27 to February 10. A hotline number has been widely circulated in the media to receive citizens’ feedbacks and timely solutions to traffic accidents and congestion during the festive season. The committee will also strengthen its communication campaigns on alcohol concentration limit and quality helmets for motorbike drivers. The report, issued by the National Committee for Traffic Safety in 2017, showed that there were 20,080 accidents last year, which killed 8,279 people and injured 17,040 others.
In 2017, Ho Chi Minh city is striving to reduce the number of traffic accidents by at least 5%, as well as the number of fatalities and the number of injured people in traffic accidents compared to 2016, while addressing traffic congestion in 37 points, especially in Cat Lai Port and Tan Son Nhat International Airport. The city People’s Committee assigned the city Traffic Safety Committee and relevant agencies to work closely together to effectively realise the program on reducing traffic congestion and accidents in the 2016-2020 period. In particular, the city People’s Committee asked the city Ho Chi Minh…... [read more]
A ceremony to commemorate nearly 7,000 people who died in traffic accidents was held in Gia Lai Province on November 19.According to the National Traffic Safety Committee, there were over 14,300 traffic accidents in the first 10 months, killing 6,800 people and injuring 13,300. The main causes are because of traffic violations including driving in the wrong lane, speeding or drunk driving. Some elder people and children were killed in their sleep after a bus crashed into their houses.One of the most serious accidents was on May 7. A truck collided with a passenger bus on Ho Chi Minh Highway…... [read more]
A total of more than 20,000 traffic accidents occured in 2017, killing nearly 8,300 people and injuring over 17,000 across Vietnam, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee. The number of accidents, deaths and injuries have all dropped by 4-10 percent in comparison to the figures for 2016. Most were road accidents with nearly 20,000 cases, killing more than 8,000 people and injuring nearly 17,000. The committee recognized 62 grave accidents, which resulted in 199 deaths and 189 injuries. The scene of a road accident that killed four people in the northern province of Son La in November. Photo by VnExpress/Tung…... [read more]
Traffic accidents left 4,761 people dead and 9,236 injured in the first seven months of this year.According to the National Committee for Traffic Safety, there were 263 fewer deaths, equivalent to a 5.23% drop compared to the same period in 2016, and 1,050 fewer injuries, down 17.9%. Up to 2.4 traffic violations were found between January and July this year In July alone, the country saw 1,560 traffic accidents with 627 fatalities and 1,300 injuries.Between January and July this year, up to 2.4 million traffic violations were found with a total fine of VND1.51 trillion (USD68 million) and more than…... [read more]
Traffic police handled more than 6,200 cases of road traffic violations, with total fines of more than VND4 billion (US$176,165). Some 845 vehicles were seized and 228 drivers had their driving licences revoked.Meanwhile, waterway traffic police dealt with 159 violating cases, with fines exceeding VND143 million (about US$6,300).In the first eleven months of 2017, Vietnam recorded 18,384 traffic accidents that killed 7,604 people. Statistics showed another 15,189 people were injured in accidents, most of which took place on the roads.... [read more]
