Alarming increase in road accidents and deaths

8 October 2019
Khmer Times
Ministry of Interior / Traffic violations
National Committee on Road Traffic Safety / traffic accidents

Despite multiple road safety campaigns this year, the number of accidents rose by an alarming 32 percent and the death toll jumped by 27 percent, a police report published yesterday showed. The Kingdom’s roads are notoriously deadly, with an average of five people dying per day in crashes, a number that jumped to seven prior to multiple safety campaigns launched earlier this year. The campaigns included the dissemination of the traffic law, distribution of helmets, and a crackdown on helmetless drivers, who were only allowed to continue their journeys once acquiring a helmet. …

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