PHNOM PENH, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Road accidents had killed 801 Cambodian people in the first five months of this year; there is no sign of decline despite the government’s efforts in law enforcement and education, said a senior transport official on Tuesday.
Peou Maly, a deputy director general of the ministry of public works and transport, said that from January to May this year, 2001 traffic accidents had occurred nationwide and killed 801 people.
“We noticed that road accidents are crueler at the present due to increasing number of vehicles, good roads, over-speeding, overtaking, and alcohol driving,” he said during opening a two-day seminar on educational campaign on road safety.
The death toll of road accidents has become the No. 1 killer in Cambodia among those of HIV/AIDS and mine casualties.
In 2010, 1,816 people were killed by road accidents; 70 percent of the deaths were motorcycle drivers, according to the reports by the ministry.
The country lost 279 million U.S. dollars from road accidents last year. (Nguon Sovan)
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