Road Accident In Malaysia 2019
Transport minister datuk seri liow tiong lai revealed in january that a total of 7 152 people died in road accidents in malaysia in the year 2016.
Road accident in malaysia 2019. Deputy director of sarawak health. Alarming accident trend in malaysia a lot of concern is directed towards road accident statistics which rises alarmingly high especially during the festive breaks. There have been more than 280 000 road accidents recorded nationwide during the first six months of this year.
These fatality rates are similar to that of some african countries. This report is the fruit of the rich collaborative work undertaken by all irtad members throughout the year. Picture by mukhriz hazim.
Road accident news road accident videos road accident photos road accident latest updates terkini english malaysia prn sabah dunia politik video hiburan lain lain kolumnis sukan gaya hidup. Liow also said that most of the deaths 62 7 involved motorcyclists. Malaysia has the third highest fatality rate from road traffic accidents in asia and asean behind thailand and vietnam.
This was an increase from the total of 6 706 deaths that was recorded in the year 2015. To exchange on crash data methodologies and analysis. By the year 2014 the ministry of transport has set a target to bring down death index to 2 88.
Bukit aman investigation and traffic enforcement director datuk azisman alias said between january to june 2019 281 527 accidents have been reported all over the country. This number is a 2 5 increase from. 2018 was the most dangerous year for drivers on malaysian roads since 2012 with a seven year high in the number of road accidents.
Kuala lumpur jan 30 the number of fatalities on the road dropped as much as 6 3 per cent last year to 5 870 cases compared to 6 265 cases in 2017. The ministry of transport in order to measure the achievement of road safety improvement in malaysia have set an element decreases death index as one of the key performance indicator kpi. 12 road safety annual report 2019 oecd itf 2019 average annual change 2013 17 spain average annual reduction 2000 13 portugal france iceland italy uk hungary netherlands denmark.
Bukit aman department of investigation and traffic enforcement director dcp datuk azisman alias speaks during a press conference in kuala lumpur january 30 2019.