Crime and law enforcement

Traffic violations

Street vendors told to move

Daun Penh district authorities have ordered a group of Kandal market vendors to move in the hopes of reopening a street that has blocked vehicular traffic for many years. ...

Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098331/street-vendors-told-move/

Traffic deaths up from last year, says ministry

Nearly 1,500 people died from traffic accidents in the Kingdom during the first 10 months of this year, a minor increase over last year, though the number of injured fell significantly, according to a report by the Ministry of Interior’s National Committee for Road Safety ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/traffic-deaths-last-year-says-ministry

Fatalities from traffic accidents up: report

National Police statistics yesterday showed an 11 percent increase in road traffic deaths in the first nine months of the year but a small decrease in injuries. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fatalities-traffic-accidents-report

Governor bans heavy trucks

Phnom Penh Governor Khoung Sreng has asked owners of container trucks, cement trucks and other heavily loaded vehicles to cease use of three main roads in the capital in a bid to ease congestion. ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5081209/governor-bans-heavy-trucks/

Buses blamed for increase in accidents

President of the department for traffic police Ron Rath Veasna met with private bus companies yesterday to discuss a report indicating that the number of traffic accidents caused by private buses has increased. ...

Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079677/buses-blamed-increase-accidents/

Seven days to move cars from Freedom Park

Owners of all cars for sale around Freedom Park and Chas market have seven days to move them out of the area or face removal of their vehicles by the Daun Penh authority. ...

Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079226/seven-days-move-cars-freedom-park/

Central surveillance control room to coordinate crimewatch

Surveillance cameras set up throughout the capital will be synchronized and monitored nonstop from a central control room as part of a coordinated crimewatch effort between City Hall and the National Police, officials said on Tuesday. ...

Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/central-surveillance-control-room-to-coordinate-crimewatch-132414/

Traffic accidents, fatalities increase

The number of traffic accidents and fatalities increased marginally during the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year, though the number of injuries dropped. ...

Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/traffic-accidents-fatalities-increase

More than 50 dead in holiday traffic accidents

More than 50 people died and 200 were injured in 121 traffic accidents during the five days of Khmer New Year. According to an Interior Ministry report, 55 people were killed and 226 were injured, 126 of which were seriously hurt.   ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37567/more-than-50-dead-in-holiday-traffic-accidents/

Civil servants told: no helmet, penalties apply

Civil servants and factory workers will be required to wear helmets when riding their motorbikes to work under a government plan to stem traffic fatalities. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36427/civil-servants-told--no-helmet--penalties-apply/

More than 20 die in New Year accidents

More than 20 people were killed and 60 were injured in traffic accidents over the first two days of the Lunar New Year, a nearly 30 percent decline in fatalities compared with the same period last year.According to a National Police report, 38 traffic accidents ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34870/more-than-20-die-in-new-year-accidents/

Few arrests under new traffic law

Only 600 drivers have been sent to court since the new Traffic Law technically took effect in January and legally in March.According to a National Road Safety Committee report released yesterday, out of almost 10 million vehicles that were checked, 1.5 million were found to ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33660/few-arrests-under-new-traffic-law/

Traffic law to change again

The Permanent Committee of the National Assembly (NA) approved a number of amendments to the Traffic Law yesterday, sending them on to parliament’s 7th plenary session for final ratification on Monday.NA spokesman Leng Peng Long said the committee decided on amendments to nine articles of ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33512/traffic-law-to-change-again/

Crackdown on unlicensed truck drivers

Truck drivers without licenses who take workers to factories will not be allowed to continue working starting next April in a bid to reduce traffic accidents, the government said on Monday. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33459/crackdown-on-unlicensed-truck-drivers/

More than 1,400 die, but road deaths fall

More than 3,000 traffic accidents across the country during the first 10 months of the year caused more than 1,400 deaths and about 5,300 injuries, a decline from the same period last year. According to a National Police report released yesterday, there were 3,001 traffic accidents ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31546/more-than-1-400-die--but-road-deaths-fall/

Holiday accident toll falls

Almost 30 people were killed and nearly 140 injured in traffic accidents over the five-day Pchum Ben holiday weekend, showing a slight decrease compared with previous years. National deputy police chief Kirth Chantharith said yesterday there were 75 traffic accidents from Wednesday to Sunday which caused ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30316/holiday-accident-toll-falls/

Gov’t: drive safe, pay workers

The Interior Ministry is hoping last year’s relative decrease in traffic accidents and deaths during the Pchum Ben holiday is a sign of things to come and asked citizens again this year to drive safely as they crisscross the country to celebrate the holiday. In a ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29891/gov---t--drive-safe--pay-workers/

Garment truck crashes in Kompong Speu; 39 injured

A truck packed with garment workers traveling to factories in Kompong Speu province overturned on Wednesday while attempting to avoid another truck crossing the road, injuring 39 women, including a dozen who suffered broken arms and legs, officials said. ...

Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-truck-crashes-in-kompong-speu-39-injured-116263/

Campaign to reduce traffic accidents

The government launched a campaign yesterday to distribute 3.4 million pieces of reflective tape in an effort to reduce traffic accidents at night, with Prime Minister Hun Sen ordering officials and party members to give the tape out for free and threatening to arrest anyone ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27981/campaign-to-reduce-traffic-accidents/

Trucks to be weighed before hitting the road

The use of mobile weighing stations to combat overloaded transport trucks will be extended next month to factories, warehouses, quarries, construction sites and other sources of heavy shipments, the Transport Ministry has announced.   ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/trucks-to-be-weighed-before-hitting-the-road-115281/

Traffic accidents down in first half of year

Nearly 1,000 people have died in traffic accidents in the first six months of 2016 according to a National Committee for Road Safety report released today. ...

Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27027/traffic-accidents-down-in-first-half-of-year/

Traffic accidents are leading cause of death in Cambodia

Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death in Cambodia, destroying not only lives but national morale, dignity, property and development efforts, a road safety expert told the Hello VOA call-in program on Wednesday. ...

Khamboly Dy
http://www.voanews.com/content/traffic-accidents-are-leading-cause-of-death-in-cambodia/3403777.html

Driver error leading cause of road traffic accidents in Cambodia

Human error is the leading cause of road traffic accidents in Cambodia and young people on motorcycles make up the largest number of deaths on the nation’s roads, where 1,108 fatalities were recorded in the first six months of 2016. ...

Dy Khamboly
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/driver-error-leading-cause-of-road-traffic-accidents-in-cambodia/3395621.html

Police to start enforcing traffic ticket fines

Motorists who have not paid their tickets since the new traffic law came into force in January will be sent to court if they do not produce the cash in the next 15 days, according to the National Police.   ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-to-start-enforcing-traffic-ticket-fines-114555/

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