The numbers of traffic accidents, fatalities and injuries in the first seven months of 2023 declined from the same period last year, reported the National Traffic Safety Committee.
A total of 3,190 people were hospitalised nationwide due to traffic accidents from April 29 morning to May 1 morning as the country is on a 5-day holiday on the occasion of Hung Kings Commemoration Day, National Reunification Day and May Day, according to the Ministry of Health.
The nationwide Traffic Police have mobilized forces and vehicles to work through the lunar New Year (Tet), focusing on handling violations of alcohol concentration while taking various preventive measures to reduce traffic accidents.
As many as 5,684 traffic accidents occurred nationwide, killing 3,286 people during the first six months of the year, according to a statement made by the General Statistics Office (GSO) on June 29.
A total of 1,046 traffic accidents have occurred in April, killing 600 people and injuring 690 nationwide, according to figures released by the National Traffic Safety Committee.
Sixty four traffic accidents took place nationwide during the three-day solar New Year holiday (January 1-3), causing 38 deaths, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Department.
Since the beginning of 2021, the traffic police force nationwide has deployed thousands of officers to run checkpoints along key national highways as well as to guide the traffic in localities across the country.
Thirty-one traffic accidents occurred, killing 23 and injuring 15 others on January 23 (the 29th day of the 12th lunar month), the first day of the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
PSNews - The People's Police Academy recently held a forum named "My stories - Your lessons" with the aim of raising awareness of police students when participating in traffic as well as building traffic culture, contributing to avoiding unexpected traffic accidents.
