The loss of vehicle control was responsible for the highest number of road accident fatalities last year, with 1,713 deaths recorded in 2015. This was followed by veering into the opposite lane, which resulted in 764 fatalities, Bernama reports.
The numbers were revealed by Bukit Aman traffic police chief SAC Mahamad Akhir Darus during a Traffic Performance briefing, where it was announced that the Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system will begin operating in June.
“Fatal accidents caused by overtaking accounted for 689 cases. Other factors included speeding, random speeding and others,” he told reporters. “Throughout last year, there were 6,706 road accident deaths with motorcyclists and pillion riders accounting for the highest number of deaths, with 4,203 cases, followed by car accidents which claimed 1,358 lives, pedestrian 482 cases, lorry 223 cases and others such as buses, 440 cases,” he stated.
Mahamad cited the increase in the number of people, vehicles and new drivers as the causes for the increase in road fatalities. He said Selangor, Johor, Kuala Lumpur and Penang were among states with the highest number of road accidents, while Perlis, Kelantan, Terengganu and Melaka recorded the lowest number.
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In other news, most fatalities occur due to humans :p
On a serious note, now that it’s determined that loss of control is at fault, I wonder how many lives would be saved if there were some sort of stability control and ABS systems in place.
Most accident – Toyota & P2
no stability control , handling rubbish
what to do. They treasure resell value more than their life.
What is the best selling sedan in Malaysia: Saga
No VSC
No 7 airbags
No TRC
No EBD
No BA
Coffin to your lives and your wallet. Don’t play play with Proton quality.
Who cares, it’s from old savvy. What about Vios, for generations still dun have VSC. That’s shame
I agree, and it seems 2 particular corners near me that loves eating up Vios and Myvis.
1- NKVE Exit, Kelana Jaya to Subang. Clock Tower corner.
2- Persiaran Tujuan to NPE Underpass.
Good chance to see either one of those gone offroad in the wet.
this alone shows, Perodua until today don’t even have ABS or VSC in their cars. Not having VSC is bad enough but no ABS, that is way too much. In 2016, most of their cars got no ABS!!!
And the Botak Aminar dare to come to the public and be proud of their sales figures. Most accidents are caused by lack of ABS, EBD and VSC besides human error.
How about they make a statistic showing the model and makes of the car. Just to prove the point on this active safety features. Or maybe to prove the point that which car are safe and which are not. But still we have to bear in mind that of course myvis will top the statistic naturally as i think it makes up of maybe 20% of cars on the road.
If not mistaken, news abt a lambo skidded in eastcoast hiway not long ago. This car has all the most advance safety features but still got accident. Y?? Becoz of human…Just follow the rule, drive considerately, responsibly & be patience.
At least both of them didnt die. We are talking about fatalities here
and both of the passenger only suffered light injuries. build quality and safety features can save lives!
All yours car are low spec without stability control ofcourse will be more accidents. Duh….
HMM..NOW CLEAR THAT GOOD DRIVING HABIT + ESC SAFETY KIT IS VITAL…
TLDR. Summary:
Selangor, Johor, Kuala Lumpur and Penang – kiasu mentality kill more pipu
Perlis, Kelantan, Terengganu and Melaka – nasi lemak mentality kill less pipu
make vsc standard please. make it compulsory for new car. abs too
Perodua n Toyota refuse to do so bcos they want maximise the profit.
Just take a drive along any highway and u can see how reckless most Malaysian drivers are…these drivers seem to in a hurry and have anger or mentality issues , and sorry to say most driving Pxxx and Pxxx brands…these include the heavily modified older cars (pobably cannot affod the real thing) and like to show off otr…and most of them are young..totally no standard..if u horn them they will even try to ram u (real life experience)…also those who driving god car and susuki tinking these r BMW but actually sponsored by parents
Just read PT and read shiatty comments like camo on test car is old newspaper. LOL
And loss of vehicle control due to?
No ESC, unskilled driver, reckless driver, bad road condition, etc.
One of the cause could also be due to the driver play-play with whatsApp and SMS while driving.
viva and saga probably the cause of those fatalities.
I wonder how many are Myvi and Vios. Poor ESC-less cars, couldn’t be saved by the high resale value.
So i said they enter SC once never back
but most of the time is temporary loss of a brain…
car dealers remove safety specs in order to sell cheaper but still not that cheap. drivers careless or they feeling like they are F1 racers. all of these, because of our country stupid high car import tax. if there is no such ridiculous high import car tax, people can buy better cars with good safety, car dealers will not remove safety specs in order to reduce car price. the most important thing is even there are racer wanna be they will race in a proper sport cars instead of myvi kancil or vios. so fxxking government it’s all your fault, u talk cock more then actions, basically sucking ur own cock kaki gong kaki ham kaki song
Picanto 30~40k
Iriz 40~50k
Preve 50~60k
Suprima 60~70k
Mana ada lebih mahal dari myvi, almera, vios, altis
VSC EBD ABS wont save these low class mentality drivers
lost of vehicle control must be contributed by toyota and perodua.
before talk VSC.. better talk about the tyre.. if tyre botak even VSC working also no use.. no grip between road with tyre.. those still using F1 tyre please go and change
Still a lot of people who r not aware o vehicle safety and more important still have lot more people who ca afford to get a higher safety car. – for the Govt to think of
Firstly, NO, primary cause of accidents is not human-error. Humans make errors, and active and passive safety systems help to correct those errors. You go too close to the car in front, you slam your brake: Active safety. You mistakenly go too fast in a corner, your back wheels slip: stability control corrects the error: Active safety.
Secondly, I’ve made the point before, Proton and Perodua and the gomen’s automotive policies are the cause of DEATHS in Malaysia. Can’t make it clearer than that. With the imposition of a closed car market, Malaysians have been locked out of affordable safety systems in cars as manufacturers are forced to remove safety systems to keep prices competitive with Proton and Perodua.
Lets put a number to that: 4000+ deaths by motorcyclists locked out due to high car prices in Malaysia. At least 1000+ deaths due to car drivers not having safety systems available. Look up the stats, Malaysia is top 10 in the world for road accident deaths.
Wawasan 2017: Bankruptcy for Proton by Oct 2017!!
-True patriotic Malaysians must support the demise of Proton –
Perodua project is sending ppl to coffin
The reason melaka has lowest no of fatalities. Traffic lights everywhere. Only use 3 gears than stop. Jalan and then stop again. Traffic lights maybe the solution
Traffic light mean nothing..come to klang area, red light almost same as green light.
sound like you driving in south and west asia like India
Traffic lights are not the solution.Melaka drivers are slow drivers.Ask anyone from KL, JB, Ipoh and especially penang drivers to drive in Melaka. Definitely will agree melaka town is slow traffic. There is only one main road to the center of A famosa fort that virtually is the main artery of the town that clogs up every Saturday and Sunday from morning to evening. Very bad traffic and not enough roads to move in the town. Pity the police traffic who spent their weekends becoming a human traffic lights under Melaka’s extremely hot sun and humid exhaust car pipe weather. This slow traffic plus traffic lights that turn green after the cows gone home is not the way to solve accidents as I have personally seen car/bike crashes in Melaka trying to beat the traffic lights.Road fatalities is becoming a norm now as everyone is on the go and has somewhere urgent to go to. We cant control how our neighbor drives. It is the responsibility of the car driver to drive safely the best he/she can with a car with all best safety available.
P.S alot of van , cars, innova kind of car drivers stick the window sun shades on all their windows. We cant see who is in the car and these car drivers are getting away with speeding and bullying other cars in pushing themselves into lanes with little regards to the law and the safety of other cars.
Please dont do that , its illegal else the gov would allow us to put on very dark tinting.
Pwrodua close shop will reduce numbers of accidents immediately.
A vehicle itself cannot drive by itself. It has no mind of its own. The driver has total control of the vehicle. Drivers are even tested and isssued driving license if they pass their test.
So, the loss of control of the car, and eventually accident is due to the driver.
Please dont blame the vehicles, when accident happened.
some of these people laugh at those who fasten their seat belt….
no investigation report for the ROOTCAUSE of loss control.they are so lazy to study it.they just let you guys do the assumption.ACCIDENTS ARE MONEY TO CERTAIN PEOPLE.finally minister will come out BRILLIANT suggestion because nobody want to propose with proper analysis.then kita tersepit tengah2 dengan idea baru yg diwartakan itu sbb kita rakyat biasa yg bawa kereta sendiri isi minyak sendiri tanpa escort tanpa elaun dll.