50 traffic accidents with 23 deaths per day on average in 2018.
A total of 18.700 traffic accidents have occurred in Vietnam, causing at least 8,200 deaths and 14,800 injuries in 2018, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.
Compared to 2017, traffic accidents fell 9.2% and deaths declined 0.99%; both serious injuries and light injuries dropped.
According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, most of the accidents this year were road crashes caused by speeding, driving in the wrong lane, changing direction without watching the traffic and drunk driving.
The figures show an improvement in Vietnam’s efforts to reduce traffic accidents as well as the number of deaths and injuries.
Among the total number of traffic accidents in 2018, 80% of the cases occurred on roads. It was followed by railway accidents and waterway accidents. General Statistics Office of Vietnam reports.