Traffic death toll hits 3,192 in first half

  • Photo: Rescuing victims of a multi-car crash on July 2, 2021 on the National Highway 1A's section running through Bim Son town, the central province of Thanh Hoa. VNA Photo: Trịnh Duy Hưng
    Photo: Rescuing victims of a multi-car crash on July 2, 2021 on the National Highway 1A's section running through Bim Son town, the central province of Thanh Hoa. VNA Photo: Trịnh Duy Hưng
  • Photo: Rescuing victims of a multi-car crash on July 2, 2021 on the National Highway 1A's section running through Bim Son town, the central province of Thanh Hoa. VNA Photo: Trịnh Duy Hưng
    Photo: Rescuing victims of a multi-car crash on July 2, 2021 on the National Highway 1A's section running through Bim Son town, the central province of Thanh Hoa. VNA Photo: Trịnh Duy Hưng
  • Photo: Rescuing victims of a multi-car crash on July 2, 2021 on the National Highway 1A's section running through Bim Son town, the central province of Thanh Hoa. VNA Photo: Trịnh Duy Hưng
    Photo: Rescuing victims of a multi-car crash on July 2, 2021 on the National Highway 1A's section running through Bim Son town, the central province of Thanh Hoa. VNA Photo: Trịnh Duy Hưng
  • Photo: Rescuing victims of a multi-car crash on July 2, 2021 on the National Highway 1A's section running through Bim Son town, the central province of Thanh Hoa. VNA Photo: Trịnh Duy Hưng
    Photo: Rescuing victims of a multi-car crash on July 2, 2021 on the National Highway 1A's section running through Bim Son town, the central province of Thanh Hoa. VNA Photo: Trịnh Duy Hưng
  • Photo: A multi-car crash on July 2, 2021 on the National Highway 1A's section running through Bim Son town, the central province of Thanh Hoa claims one life and causes many others injured. VNA Photo: Trịnh Duy Hưng
    Photo: A multi-car crash on July 2, 2021 on the National Highway 1A's section running through Bim Son town, the central province of Thanh Hoa claims one life and causes many others injured. VNA Photo: Trịnh Duy Hưng
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. These figures represented annual decreases of 8.38 percent, 2.74 percent and 11.29 percent, respectively. In the period, 6,278 road accidents (99 percent) killed 3,147 people and left 4,465 injured. Their causes were mainly speeding and driving in the wrong lanes, among others. Meanwhile, 38 railway accidents left 30 dead and nine injured, while twenty-four accidents on waterways claimed 15 lives and injured one. VNA Photo: Trịnh Duy Hưng

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