Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 26 called on allprovinces and relevant agencies to find ways to reduce the number oftraffic accidents nationwide, despite a fall in the number of accidentsand fatalities in the first six months compared to the same period lastyear.
According to statistics from the National TrafficSafety Committee, more than 4,950 people were killed and nearly 20,000were injured in traffic accidents during the first six months of theyear.
However, the number of accidents dropped by nearly22 percent and the number of people killed decreased by nearly 17percent compared with last year.
At the online meeting onJune 25 held to assess traffic safety measures, Phuc recognised themodels being implemented in many cities that had helped lower the numberof traffic accidents and congestion, such as Hanoi's efforts to catchcriminal activities on buses, Da Nang's campaign to promote safehelmets, and An Giang province's efforts to encourage office workers tosay no to alcohol during lunchtimes.
The deputy PM alsopointed out that low awareness of traffic safety was also a majorproblem, partly causing the number of people killed in traffic accidentsto suddenly increase in several provinces such as Dong Nai (37.6percent), Bac Lieu (35.3 percent), Lai Chau (23.1 percent).
To decrease the number of people killed in traffic accidents by 5-10percent this year, considered the national year to promote trafficsafety, Phuc noted that the National Traffic Safety Committee shouldcontinue to send inspection teams to localities with high numbers oftraffic accidents and work with localities on major incidents.
The Deputy PM said that all agencies under the Ministry of Transportshould work to lower traffic fatalities and congestion, including workto improve the training and examination of drivers, registration ofvehicles, public transportation systems, and efforts to eliminate thenumber of personal vehicles in major urban areas.
Thedeputy PM called on the Public Security Ministry to intensifypunishments of traffic law violations and continue to implement themodel of special task forces to work with local police departments tocrack down on traffic violations and monitor traffic safety.
In HCM City , an average of 60 traffic accidents occurred eachmonth in the first half of the year, according to a report released bythe city's Traffic Safety Board.
There were 368 traffic accident cases, 142 less than the same period last year.
Police said 312 people were killed, 138 fewer than the same period last year, and 169 others were injured, a drop of 116.
Only one railway accident, resulting in one death, and four waterwayaccidents, with no fatalities, were reported during the period.
Six cases of traffic congestion lasting more than 30 minutes werereported, a decrease of 80 percent compared with the same period lastyear.
"Despite the fall in the number of traffic accidentsas well as deaths and injuries, more efforts will be taken to addresstraffic problems as the number of vehicles on city roads is increasing,"police said.
More than 500 traffic police were deployedto regulate traffic at 124 road junctions with heavy traffic flowsacross the city everyday, resulting in a decline in traffic accidents aswell as traffic congestion.
Traffic police and publicsecurity forces in city districts worked together to identify 52 routeswith high potential for illegal motorbike racing. As a result, theyconfiscated more than 3,800 vehicles during the period.
The upward trend in traffic density and poor traffic safety behavioramong road users were blamed for the high number of traffic accidents.
The city's Traffic Safety Board said it will closely cooperate withdepartments and agencies to raise public awareness about traffic-safetyregulations and further reduce the number of traffic accidents, as wellas death tolls and injuries./.rastructure Developer Co (IJC), insurerBao Viet Holdings (BVH), and VNDirect Securities Co (VND).-VNA
According to statistics from the National TrafficSafety Committee, more than 4,950 people were killed and nearly 20,000were injured in traffic accidents during the first six months of theyear.
However, the number of accidents dropped by nearly22 percent and the number of people killed decreased by nearly 17percent compared with last year.
At the online meeting onJune 25 held to assess traffic safety measures, Phuc recognised themodels being implemented in many cities that had helped lower the numberof traffic accidents and congestion, such as Hanoi's efforts to catchcriminal activities on buses, Da Nang's campaign to promote safehelmets, and An Giang province's efforts to encourage office workers tosay no to alcohol during lunchtimes.
The deputy PM alsopointed out that low awareness of traffic safety was also a majorproblem, partly causing the number of people killed in traffic accidentsto suddenly increase in several provinces such as Dong Nai (37.6percent), Bac Lieu (35.3 percent), Lai Chau (23.1 percent).
To decrease the number of people killed in traffic accidents by 5-10percent this year, considered the national year to promote trafficsafety, Phuc noted that the National Traffic Safety Committee shouldcontinue to send inspection teams to localities with high numbers oftraffic accidents and work with localities on major incidents.
The Deputy PM said that all agencies under the Ministry of Transportshould work to lower traffic fatalities and congestion, including workto improve the training and examination of drivers, registration ofvehicles, public transportation systems, and efforts to eliminate thenumber of personal vehicles in major urban areas.
Thedeputy PM called on the Public Security Ministry to intensifypunishments of traffic law violations and continue to implement themodel of special task forces to work with local police departments tocrack down on traffic violations and monitor traffic safety.
In HCM City , an average of 60 traffic accidents occurred eachmonth in the first half of the year, according to a report released bythe city's Traffic Safety Board.
There were 368 traffic accident cases, 142 less than the same period last year.
Police said 312 people were killed, 138 fewer than the same period last year, and 169 others were injured, a drop of 116.
Only one railway accident, resulting in one death, and four waterwayaccidents, with no fatalities, were reported during the period.
Six cases of traffic congestion lasting more than 30 minutes werereported, a decrease of 80 percent compared with the same period lastyear.
"Despite the fall in the number of traffic accidentsas well as deaths and injuries, more efforts will be taken to addresstraffic problems as the number of vehicles on city roads is increasing,"police said.
More than 500 traffic police were deployedto regulate traffic at 124 road junctions with heavy traffic flowsacross the city everyday, resulting in a decline in traffic accidents aswell as traffic congestion.
Traffic police and publicsecurity forces in city districts worked together to identify 52 routeswith high potential for illegal motorbike racing. As a result, theyconfiscated more than 3,800 vehicles during the period.
The upward trend in traffic density and poor traffic safety behavioramong road users were blamed for the high number of traffic accidents.
The city's Traffic Safety Board said it will closely cooperate withdepartments and agencies to raise public awareness about traffic-safetyregulations and further reduce the number of traffic accidents, as wellas death tolls and injuries./.rastructure Developer Co (IJC), insurerBao Viet Holdings (BVH), and VNDirect Securities Co (VND).-VNA
