In the first three months of this year, at least 859 road accidents were recorded, resulting in 486 deaths, 779 serious and 459 minor injuries. The figures are alarming on their own, but even more concerns are raised when they are compared to the previous year’s numbers, according to Min Manavy, secretary of state for the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.
More than 100 people were killed and 276 injured in road accidents in the first 21 days of February, prompting the National Road Safety Committee (NRSC) to repeat its call for road users to respect the traffic laws in the interests of public safety.
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol said the infrastructure construction plan established by the ministry in 2020 for implementation in 2021 is now 80 per cent complete.
There were nearly 1,500 fatalities from road accidents in 2021, a decrease of 150 or about 9 per cent compared to 2020, which had more than 1,600 people killed on the Kingdom’s roads.
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has announced a new schedule for providing mobile vehicle inspection services in the provinces on January 2, urging people to bring their vehicles to be inspected at the designated locations in a timely manner.