2015 primary road accident report in Cambodia, 2265 died and 7510 injured





Phnom Penh: According to Kampuchea Thmey Daily, throughout the country in 2015, there were 4595 cases of road accident happened which killed 2265 (20 foreigners) and injured 7510, [seriously injured 4413] and 120 foreigners.

Following the data above, it is assumed that there are 12 cases of road accident happened daily in Cambodia which killed at least 6 and injured 20 people.
Comparing to the 2014 report, the number of road accident decreased but the number of deaths increased. In 2014 throughout the country, there 4840 cases of road accident which killed 2148, 1805 male and seriously injured 4654, 3614 male, slightly injured 3403, 2391 male.

4426 people didn’t wear helmet when the accident happened, 5056 motorbikes, 1797 cars, 687 trucks and some other vehicles were damaged.
Police said, the total number of vehicles damaged is 7575 decreased by 395. 4827 motorbike decreased by 229. 1602 cars decreased by 195. 713 trucks increased by 26 and 433 other vehicle increased by 3.

The accident caused by human factor 94 percent, vehicle factor 2 percent, road factor 1 percent and other factors 3 percent.

Who needs terrorists when you've got Cambodian drivers. !0,000 = 5x9/11.

Road deaths crest 2014 mark

The death toll on Cambodia’s roads this year is up 5 per cent from all of 2014, according to government figures released yesterday.

Traffic accidents had claimed 2,265 lives through early yesterday, 117 more than last year, deputy National Police chief Kirth Chantharith said at a capital press conference, although the number of people injured fell by 7 per cent compared to 2014.

The increase in fatalities was partly explained by a few crashes involving large numbers of people, according to deputy director of the Interior Ministry’s department of order Dy Long.

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