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Vietnam records traffic safety improvements in January

Traffic safety nationwide improved considerably in January with sharp declines recorded in the number of accidents, deaths and injured people, statistics showed.
Vietnam records traffic safety improvements in January ảnh 1Vehicles move on Phap Van-Cau Gie Expressway to Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Traffic safety nationwide improvedconsiderably in January with sharp declines recorded in the number ofaccidents, deaths and injured people, statistics showed.

In January, 726 traffic accidents occurred,killing 526 people and injuring 450 others. The daily averages in the monthwere 24.9 accidents, 17 deaths and 14.5 injured cases, which respectively fell51.6 percent, 18.7 percent and 61.1 percent from the average daily figures of2019, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Departmentand the Vietnam Maritime Administration.

During the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday fromJanuary 23 to 29, 198 accidents happened, claiming 133 lives and injuring 174others. Compared to the seven-day Tet holiday last year, the figures decreased10.8 percent, 5 percent and 17.9 percent, respectively.

Additionally, traffic accidents caused by drinkdriving also fell strongly. Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi and Cho Ray Hospital inHo Chi Minh City reported that during this year’s Tet holiday, the number ofvictims in drink driving-related accidents reduced by almost 75 percent fromthe same period of 2019.

Many opinions attributed the improvements partlyto the Government’s Decree 100/2019/ND-CP that details fines for administrativeviolations in road and railway traffic, and the law on prevention and controlof harms of alcohol and beer. Both came into force on January 1, 2020./.
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