PHNOM PENH, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Road accidents had claimed 1,731 Cambodian lives and injured other 7,885 in the first eleven months this year, Touch Chan Kosal, secretary of state at the Ministry of Public Work and Transport, said Tuesday.
“Traffic accidents have become the No. 1 killer in Cambodia among those of HIV/AIDS and mine casualties—the number of the deaths has not declined yet despite our traffic safety campaigns,” he told a workshop on traffic safety. “It is the most concerned for the government.”
Every year, the accidents have left thousands of orphans, widows and disabled persons, he said.
Some 72 percent of the accidents involved in motorcycle drivers. Most of the dead were head-hit.
He said about 51 percent of the accidents was due to over-sped driving, 16 percent was alcohol driving, and the rest was violation of traffic law and vehicle problems.
In 2010, 1,816 people were killed by road accidents, he said. The country lost 279 million U.S. dollars from the accidents last year.
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