As many as 14,845 traffic accidents have been reported during the first 10 months of this year, killing 6,674 people and injuring 11,549 others, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

Three people have been killed and four others injured when two motorbikes collided in the northern province of Thai Nguyen Province on October 24

The number of traffic accidents was 8.2% lower than that of last year, while the number of deaths and slight injuries fell by 2.2% and 19.3%, respectively but the number of serious injuries increased by 1.2%. 

According to the GSO's report, from September 16 to October 15, the country saw 1,603 traffic accidents, down 11.2% against the same period last year. Those accidents tragically claimed the lives of 662 people (down 5.7%), injured 430 (down 14.5%) and slightly injured 800 others (down 19.4%).

Among the most serious accidents in the period was an accident on September 23 in Dien Bien province resulting in the death of one person and three injuries. 

Some other serious accidents included one on September 30 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province which left two dead and five injured, a railway accident on October 2 in Ha Dong district in Hanoi causing five injuries, a bus crash on October 8 in Gia Lai province leaving one dead and six injured, and a motorbikes collision in Thai Nguyen Province on October 24 leaving three dead and four others injured.

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