Traffic accidents claim nearly 6,400 lives in 2022
VOV.VN - Approximately 11,500 traffic accidents nationwide killed a total of 6,384 people and injured 7,804 others between December 15, 2021, and December 14, 2022, according to figures given by the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee.
During this period the number of cases declined by 6,205, or 35.15%, while the number of deaths and injuries decreased by 1,245 and 5,841, equivalent to 16.32% and 42.81%, respectively.
In terms of the number of accidents, 11,323 cases occurred on the road, claiming 6,265 lives and injuring 7,777 others, thereby marking falls of 35.08%, 16.2%, and 42.77%, respectively.
In 95 railway accidents, 74 people were killed and 21 others were injured, down 41.73% and 54.35%, respectively.
On the waterway, there were 32 cases, a decline of 46.67%, as well as 45 deaths, up 73.08%, and six injuries, down 33.33%, on-year.