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Deaths fall, but accident rate still high
HCM City (VNA) - Despite a fall in the number of casualties caused by traffic
accidents this year, the potential for traffic congestion and fatal accidents
remained high, particularly in big cities, delegates said at a conference held in
HCM City recently.
Tran Dai Quang, Deputy Minister of Public Security and deputy head of the National
Traffic Safety Committee, said there were 11,522 accidents nationwide as of November
2008 in which 10,397 people were killed and 7,413 injured.
This marked a decrease of 1,770 cases, or 13.3 percent over the same period of 2007,
Quang said, attributing it to drastic efforts made by localities nationwide to
impose heavy fines on offenders.
Poor awareness and compliance with traffic regulations coupled with a
disproportionate surge in the number of vehicles and relatively limited traffic
infrastructure development were major factors in the large number of traffic
accidents, conference delegates said.
Serious encroachment on road and railway corridors was also a main cause of
traffic accidents, they said.
The decline in the recorded accidents was not solid enough and effective measures
were needed to meet the still large potential of fatal accidents, especially those
involving long-distance coaches, the delegates stressed.
With the lunar New Year or Tet holiday drawing near, long-distance transport would
become ever more complicated, and local authorities should ensure efficient control
and inspection, Quang said.
Transport Minister Ho Nghia Dung called for provinces and cities to take concrete
measures to ensure the safety of passengers, particularly on the North-South, Tay
Nguyen (Central Highlands) and northern mountainous routes during the upcoming
festival season.
He asked for strict penalties to be imposed for all traffic violations including
speeding, overloading coaches, picking up and dropping off passengers at
unregulated spots, failure to wear crash helmets and drunken driving.
Addressing the Conference on Traffic Safety in 2008, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang
Trung Hai said top priority should be given to maintaining traffic order and safety
during Tet to further reduce the number of traffic accidents.
Accident fatalities should be reduced by a further 5-7 percent in 2009, he said.
Hai asked the transport ministry and local authorities to repair road sections
prone to accidents and raise public awareness on adhering to traffic rules.
The Government has assigned the ministry to field proposals made by Hanoi and
HCM City to increase fines on traffic violations.
The deputy PM has also tasked the ministries of Transport and Public Security and
the National Traffic Safety Committee to mobilise public investment in installing
cameras on accident-prone streets to spot and fine violators.-Enditem
accidents this year, the potential for traffic congestion and fatal accidents
remained high, particularly in big cities, delegates said at a conference held in
HCM City recently.
Tran Dai Quang, Deputy Minister of Public Security and deputy head of the National
Traffic Safety Committee, said there were 11,522 accidents nationwide as of November
2008 in which 10,397 people were killed and 7,413 injured.
This marked a decrease of 1,770 cases, or 13.3 percent over the same period of 2007,
Quang said, attributing it to drastic efforts made by localities nationwide to
impose heavy fines on offenders.
Poor awareness and compliance with traffic regulations coupled with a
disproportionate surge in the number of vehicles and relatively limited traffic
infrastructure development were major factors in the large number of traffic
accidents, conference delegates said.
Serious encroachment on road and railway corridors was also a main cause of
traffic accidents, they said.
The decline in the recorded accidents was not solid enough and effective measures
were needed to meet the still large potential of fatal accidents, especially those
involving long-distance coaches, the delegates stressed.
With the lunar New Year or Tet holiday drawing near, long-distance transport would
become ever more complicated, and local authorities should ensure efficient control
and inspection, Quang said.
Transport Minister Ho Nghia Dung called for provinces and cities to take concrete
measures to ensure the safety of passengers, particularly on the North-South, Tay
Nguyen (Central Highlands) and northern mountainous routes during the upcoming
festival season.
He asked for strict penalties to be imposed for all traffic violations including
speeding, overloading coaches, picking up and dropping off passengers at
unregulated spots, failure to wear crash helmets and drunken driving.
Addressing the Conference on Traffic Safety in 2008, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang
Trung Hai said top priority should be given to maintaining traffic order and safety
during Tet to further reduce the number of traffic accidents.
Accident fatalities should be reduced by a further 5-7 percent in 2009, he said.
Hai asked the transport ministry and local authorities to repair road sections
prone to accidents and raise public awareness on adhering to traffic rules.
The Government has assigned the ministry to field proposals made by Hanoi and
HCM City to increase fines on traffic violations.
The deputy PM has also tasked the ministries of Transport and Public Security and
the National Traffic Safety Committee to mobilise public investment in installing
cameras on accident-prone streets to spot and fine violators.-Enditem
