Traffic deaths in the first quarter of this year rose by 0.7 percentagainst the same period last year, according to statistics from theNational Committee for Traffic Safety.
The period saw more than 6,500 traffic accidents, killing nearly 2,600 people and injuring another 6,400.
Thecommittee said in comparison with the same period last year, the numberof accidents and injured declined by 21.54 percent and 28.07 percent,respectively.
Road accidents still claimed thehighest death toll - over 2,500 deaths - followed by rail accidents 42and waterways 15.
According to the committee, motorists withoutsafe helmets, drunken driving, overloaded buses, speeding are still keyreasons for the accidents among others.-VNA