As many as 11,495 traffic accidents nationwide killed 5,799 people and injured 8,018 others in one year between December 15, 2020 and December 14, 2021, according to the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee.

VOV.VN - A total of 8,959 traffic accidents occurred across Vietnam this year as of October 14, killing 4,552 people and injuring 6,218 others. Let’s take a look at the most serious traffic accidents that happened this year.

It is an urgent need for Vietnam to increase public transport and reduce private vehicle, it was agreed at a debate of representatives from nine sub-committees of the National Traffic Safety Committee on December 2 in the framework of the on-going Traffic Safety Conference 2021.

VOV.VN - The National Traffic Safety Committee, Vietnam Television and Toyota Vietnam jointly hosted a ceremony on November 21 evening to commemorate victims of traffic accidents in Vietnam.

Traffic accidents decreased in three criteria year-on-year from September 15 to October 14, said Chief of the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee Tran Huu Minh.

As many as 488 traffic accidents were recorded from August 15 to September 14, claiming 253 lives and injuring 301 people, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

The World Bank (WB) in Vietnam on August 3 published a final report of Road Safety Data Assessment in Vietnam for the establishment of a National Road Safety Observatory (NRSO).

Vietnam saw 7,137 traffic accidents taking place between December 15, 2020 and July 14, 2021, claiming 3,635 lives and injuring 4,984 people.

Vietnam expects to reduce the rate of fatalities caused by accidents and injuries among children to five per 100,000 by 2030, according to a programme newly approved by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on prevention of injuries and accidents among children for the 2021-2030 period.

Vietnam saw 6,340 traffic accidents taking place between December 15, 2020 and June 14, 2021, claiming 3,192 lives and injuring 4,475 people.