Improvements in traffic safety recorded nationwide in 2021
Traffic safety was improved considerably nationwide in 2021 with sharp declines recorded in the number of accidents, deaths and injuries, reported the National Committee for Traffic Safety (NCTS).
On a road in Da Lat city of Lam Dong province (Illustrative photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Traffic safety was improvedconsiderably nationwide in 2021 with sharp declines recorded in the number of accidents,deaths and injuries, reported the National Committee for TrafficSafety (NCTS).
NCTS Vice Chairman Khuat Viet Hung said, as of December 14, 2021, 11,495 trafficaccidents had occurred across the country, killing 5,799 people and injuring 8,018 others, down 23.32 percent, 15.55 percent, and 28.16 percentyear-on-year, respectively.
According to the NCTS,the top causes of the accidents were speeding, driving in the wrong lane, changinglanes or direction without signaling, and drink driving.
As many as 55 provinces and centrally-run cities recorded a strong decrease in the number of fatalities due to traffic accidents compared to 2020.Notably, An Giang and Son La provinces reported a decrease of over 40 percent.
However, four provinces still reported an increase in the number of deaths caused by trafficaccidents, including Kon Tum, Quang Tri, Kien Giang, and Thai Binh.
Hung attributed the positive results in traffic safety to the decrease of trafficactivities due to regulations on social distancing nationwide amid the COVID-19pandemic, saying that the number of vehicles participating in traffic is much lower than thetime before the pandemic broke out.
Police forces effectively patrolled, controlled and handled violations relatedto traffic order and safety. Attention has been also paid toeducating and raising public awareness of the law on traffic order and safety,he added.
As of December 14, traffic police had handled 2.88million violati🦂on cases, giving out fines of over 2.8 trillion VND (123 million USD), revoking248,6000 driving licences and sequestering 460,000 vehicles./.
As many as 11,495 traffic accidents nationwide killed 5,799 people and injured 8,018 others in one year between December 15, 2020 and December 14, 2021, according to the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee.
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On a road in Da Lat city of Lam Dong province (Illustrative photo: VNA) 
