HANOI (XINHUA) – A total of 10,323 traffic accidents occurred from January to November this year in Vietnam, killing 5,800 people, severely injuring 3,752, and slightly injuring 3,221, according to the country’s General Statistics Office yesterday.
The number of traffic accidents and deaths increased by 2.1 per cent and 14.1 per cent while the number of severe and slight injuries rose 10.1 per cent and decreased 11.3 per cent against the same period last year.
On average, in the first 11 months of this year, Vietnam saw 31 traffic accidents per day which claimed 17 lives and injured 21 people.
A total of 11,454 traffic accidents occurred in Vietnam in 2021, killing over 5,700 people and injuring nearly 8,000, according to the office.
