Concerns around site visitors demise toll regardless of reduction

Despite the traffic accident price possessing lowered by 942 situations very last yr, a senior Community Performs Ministry official expressed problems above the dying toll.

Min Manavy, a secretary of condition for the Ministry of Community Performs, expressed problem above the selection of highway mishaps as the loss of life toll however remains higher, especially the number of motorcyclists and people not carrying helmets at the time of the incidents.

She claimed all highway users must continue on to be mindful while driving and to strictly abide by all highway targeted visitors guidelines.

She termed on men and women to obey the legislation in get to defend their individual life and the lives of others with a sturdy will to boost honour, dignity and social get in Cambodia.

She also reminded all motorbike users to have on a helmet at all situations, no matter whether in the vicinity of or considerably, and for all car or truck buyers to look at the basic safety of the automobile ahead of departure.

Deputy Nationwide Law enforcement chief Normal Him Yan explained in a press conference yesterday that 3,179 traffic accidents ended up recorded very last yr as opposed to 4,121 instances in 2019.

Gen Yan mentioned, quoting a Nationwide Police report, the nationwide road fatality level experienced decreased by 335 fatalities, or close to 17 p.c, in comparison to in 2019 when 1,981 persons died.

The range of injuries as a final result of site visitors incidents also dropped by 24 % in the exact same time body, from 6,141 in 2019 to 4,486 this year, according to the report.

It mentioned that in 2020, law enforcement inspected a whole of 1.7 million automobiles, 65 percent of individuals being bikes, with 355,885 offences getting determined, equivalent to 20 per cent of all those inspected. Most offences associated folks not putting on helmets.

“One calendar year of targeted traffic regulation enforcement has yielded exceptional success which lowered the targeted traffic incident level and the selection of men and women killed,” Gen Yan stated.

He claimed, even so, up to 60 percent of all automobiles violate speed limits, some thing that even now needs to be challenged moving ahead.