Police claim road accidents down, NGO says otherwise
2 November 2018
Road accidents have declined by 353 cases in the first nine months of this year, said deputy national police chief Him Yan.

However, Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation director Kim Pagna said according to its statistics, 1,900 people died in traffic accidents last year. Worse, the figure, he said, is set to rise to 2,000 in 2020 – well above its goal of 1,600.

“Traffic accidents remain a problem as Cambodia is determined to reduce the death toll by 7,350 people in 10 years. To put it simply, in 2020, we want to lower the death figures to only 1,600.

“It is difficult for us to do this and we need to put more effort to [prevent] traffic accidents,” Pagna said.

Responding, Yan said traffic police and related officials’ attention and efforts to maintain traffic safety directly caused the accident rate to reduce by 353 cases (13 per cent) in the first nine months of this year.

Fatalities, he said, were reduced by 44 people (three per cent), while the number of injured victim fell by 795 people (19 per cent) compared to the same period last year.

Last year, 1,780 people died in traffic accidents compared to 1,717 in 2016. This year, 1,736 people died in traffic accidents so far.
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Cambodia Road Accident Statistics Released for November 2018
1 December 2018
Phnom Penh, Cambodia News: According to a report by the Traffic Police Department and the National Police Commission, at least 142 people were killed and 442 others were seriously injured in traffic accidents in the month of November 2018.

The report states that in November 2018, there were 287 road accidents: 12 less than in October 2018, but 45 more accidents than occurred on the roads in September.

I notice at nighttime very few motorists wearing a helmet and almost no traffic police about. Perhaps that would be a start to lowering the road toll.

Road deaths continue to plague Kingdom
19 December 2018
There were more than 3,000 traffic accidents resulting in nearly 2,000 fatalities and more than 5,000 injuries from November last year until November this year, according to a report obtained today.

The report by the Interior Ministry’s Traffic Police and Public Order Department stated that from November 11, 2017 until November 10 this year there were 3,430 accidents, resulting in 1,932 people dying and 5,159 being injured, 3,168 of them seriously.

It said that the most accidents occurred in Phnom Penh with 649 cases, followed by Kandal province with 233 cases, Preah Sihanouk province with 218, Battambang province with 204, Kampong Cham province with 183, Kratie province with 177 and Kampot province with 170.

The report noted that 3,530 motorbikes, 2,310 cars, SUVs and trucks, and 255 vehicles of other types, were damaged in the accidents.

The report added that 2,487 motorbike drivers were injured in the accidents while not wearing helmets.

It also showed that 39 percent of motorists involved in the accidents were speeding, 15 percent were drunk, six percent were sleeping and one percent beat traffic lights.
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