Scene of a serious traffic accident

The figures represented year-on-year decreases of 17.6 percent in the number of cases, 12.12 percent in the number of fatalities and 20.7 percent in the number of injuries.

In the year, 8,177 road accidents killed 6,575 people and injured 4,354 others. Meanwhile, 91 railway accidents left 71 dead and 23 injured. Sixty-two accidents on waterways claimed the lives of 44 people and injured seven, while 10 people were killed in 14 maritime accidents.

In December alone, 1,525 traffic accidents claimed 652 lives and injured 1,152 others, down 13.45 percent, 0.61 percent and 22.27 percent year-on-year, respectively./.VNA

Catastrophic traffic accidents throughout 2020

Vietnam has witnessed an overall decline in terms of the number of traffic accidents occurring over the past year, leaving 6,180 people dead and a further 9,959 people injured in such incidents.

Traffic accidents drop sharply over five years

Vietnam has witnessed a 42.71% decline in the number of traffic accidents occurring during the past five years, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.