Road Accident In Malaysia 2020
Picture by shafwan zaidon kuala lumpur april 19 the number of road accidents has dropped by almost 70 per cent nationwide since the implementation of the first and second phase of the movement control order mco which came into force march 18.
Road accident in malaysia 2020. He was one of my senior when i first came to work in the corporate world and he was always kind and helpful. Our statistics have revealed an increase in numbers of death due to road accident from 6 286 deaths in 2003 to 6 917 in 2012. 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. The ninth and tenth malaysian plans 3 4 indicated that malaysia aspires to be a developed country by 2020. Estimated fatality rate in malaysia is among the highest in the world in 2013.
Fyi nearly 50 people died on the first day of songkran itself. In addition malaysia has one of the highest traffic fatality rates in the region figure 1 2. Just gone too soon.
A former colleague of mine passed away suddenly from a motorbike accident on end of july 2020 about 2 weeks after i uploaded the video above in my youtube channel. Road deaths decrease significantly in southeast asia during coronavirus lockdown road deaths in thailand have halved while in malaysia accidents and deaths fell by two thirds. Army and police personnel conducting roadblocks during the movement control order mco in kuala lumpur april 19 2020.
Kuala lumpur june 10 while malaysia has much to celebrate with only two new covid 19 cases recorded today the health ministry expressed concern over the average daily number of road accidents in malaysia almost doubling as more malaysians take to the roads after the movement control order mco restrictions were relaxed. Road accident fatality rate in singapore vs comparable cities this finding is further backed by the increase in car insurance claims where despite fewer accidents car insurance claims increased by 11 8 in 2017 leading insurers to believe accidents have become more severe. Unfortunately many of them are fatal accidents and in malaysia we have the third highest death toll from road accidents in asia and asean as reported by the star.
Road accidents happen every now and then. 2018 was the most dangerous year for drivers on malaysian roads since 2012 with a seven year high in the number of road accidents. Malaysia has the second highest road accident deaths among 21 countries in the western pacific region in 2018 according to world health organization who.
Meanwhile thailand has the highest fatality rate followed by vietnam.
