During the three-day calendar New Year 2017 holiday, the country saw 93 traffic accidents which killed 79 people and injured 54 others, according to the Traffic Police Department.

Of which, there are 91 road accidents, claiming 77 lives and injuring 54 others.

On January 2, 21 people died and 23 others were injured as a result of 30 road accidents. Two other people were killed in two railway accidents.

The same day, police dealt with 3,551 traffic violations, seized 21 cars and 317 motorbikes, revoked 276 driving licences and collected 2.9 billion VND (127,368 USD) in fines. 

Waterway traffic police also handled 115 violations, collecting 97.5 million VND (4.28 million USD).-VNA

Traffic accidents kill 33 on first day of 2017

On the first day of 2017, there were 34 road traffic accidents in Vietnam, claiming 33 lives and injuring 22 others, according to the Traffic Police Department.

The country saw a sharp increase in the numbers of cases, dead and injured people compared to the last day of 2016, by 7, 10 and 13, respectively.

Police dealt with 2,454 traffic violations, withdrew 198 driving licences, seized 11 cars and collected 2.3 billion VND (101,000 USD) in fines. 

Waterway Traffic Police also handled 135 violations, collecting 102 million VND (4,490 USD) in fines.

VNA