Illustrative image (Source: VNA)The accidents killed 1,676 people, down 67 (3.84 percent), andinjured 1,742, down 739 (29.8 percent).
According to Vice Chairman of the National Traffic SafetyCommittee Khuat Viet Hung, the majority of the accidents happened on the road(2,731 cases, down 665 cases or 19.34 percent year on year). The fatalities in roadaccidents came to 1,630, a reduction of 80 deaths or 4.68 percent.
There were 18 railway accidents, claiming the lives of 11 andcausing injury to 6, down 2 cases, 5 deaths and 1 injured person.
On the nation’s waterways, 12 accidents happened, killing 25 andinjured 1, down 2 cases but up 15 in fatalities.
Meanwhile, 10 people died and went missing in one maritime accident in theperiod.
In the field of civil aviation, one A-level accident was recorded in flyingtraining and 14 incidents that posed a threat to safety at levels C (1incident) and D (13 incidents), a reduction of 21.1 percent year on year.
Minister of Transport and Standing Vice Chairman of the National Traffic SafetyCommittee Nguyen Van The said despite the decreases in accidents andfatalities, the goal of reducing traffic accident fatalities by 5-10 percenthas not been achieved. He required local administrations to take more drasticactions to curb traffic accidents and deaths.
The minister urged themass media to promote communication campaigns to raise public awareness abouttraffic rules. He also directed relevant forces to intensify road patrol toprevent and timely handle violations of traffic rules, especially during theupcoming national holidays on the Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day./.
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