Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh chaired ameeting on August 28 of the National Traffic Safety Committee to look into thecauses of recent serious traffic accidents and seek solutions to removeaccident hotspots in the country’s roads.
According to the committee’s report, there were 9,170 traffic accidentsin the eight-month period from December 15, 2019 to August 14, 2020, whichclaimed 4,342 lives and injured 6,727 others.
In comparison with the same period in 2019, the number of accidents wasdown 2,161 (19 percent), while the number of deaths reduced by 754 (14.8percent) and that of injured victims decreased by 1,860 (21.6 percent).
However, several serious accidents have occurred since June, such as theJuly 26 crash in Quang Binh that killed 15 and injured 22, or the one on July11 that claimed six lives, to name just a few.
Deputy PM Binh, who is chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee,said the main cause behind the serious accidents is the lax management and lackof responsibility of transport businesses. He noted that he had not receivedany report on sanctions for vehicle owners or managers of transport businesseswhen their vehicles were involved in traffic accidents.
The Deputy PM also stressed the need to clarify the responsibilities ofState management agencies at both central and local levels.
He required the Transport Ministry to report on the inspection of transportcompanies which have drivers involved in serious accidents since January lastyear.
Localities were urged to address infrastructure problems at accidenthotspots on key national roads and those in dangerous terrains.
The Ministry of Public Security was instructed to maintain regularpatrols at night to timely detect violations of trucks and coaches.
Deputy PM Binh also ordered cities and provinces to launch a campaign in September tocrack down on violations of safety corridors along land routes./.
VNA
