Road Crash Report Shows Fatalities Up Year-to-Year
Road accidents claimed the lives of 1,816 people in 2010, a slight increase from the 1,717 killed in 2009, according to a report by the Cambodia Road Crash and Victim Information System. The total number of casualties from road accidents reached 18,287 in 2010, according to the report , which noted that the number of road deaths has doubled in the past six years. The report said that speeding and drunk driving are the leading causes of traffic accidents in Cambodia, with 50 percent of fatalities caused by speeding and 16 percent due to drunk driving.
