Malaysian roads saw a total of 5,083 deaths from 400,788 road incidents in the first nine months of this year, according to a Bernama report. From that total, 1,077 fatalities involved those aged between six and 20, according to Bukit Aman traffic investigation and enforcement department director SAC Sharul Othman Mansor. Meanwhile, 1,150 people suffered serious injuries and 1,675 cases involving minor injuries were recorded.
Deaths involving motorcyclists aged between 16-25 were the highest recorded, with 1,043 deaths from 3,232 incidents, the department director said. “Motorcyclists and pillion riders are still the most vulnerable and at the highest risk of being involved in accidents among road users in the country,” he noted.
Motorcyclists and pillion riders were of a high risk group because most of them often ignored traffic signals and other safety aspects, Sharul Othman explained. He added that 764 arrests were made through 2,795 operations in the same period, for motorcyclists and pillon riders involved in illegal racing.
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Do we have a report to show how many are commercial vehicle from lorry, buses, to construction vehicles involved? With this, we know where is the biggest culprit.
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401,788 reported accidents in 9 months.
that is an average of 44,532 accidents per month.
an average 14,844 cases for every single day.
please malaysians. we do not need so many accidents.
Motorcyclists & pillion riders are the highest risk group among road death bcos most of them often ignored traffic signals & other safety aspects said SAC Sharul Othman :P
Do we have data on how many vehicle that is not well maintained?
In this economy condition especially, I believe there are so many vehicles on the road drives with bad condition tyres, brakes and suspensions.
We can see it in many parking lots everywhere. There are so many cars with tyre with no threats.
These stats will never change when most road users still ignores road laws. Attitudes dont change and enforcement is always biased. Everyday I see a number of motorcyclists break the law in front of the policeman and nothing is done. This continuously sets the precedence. Honestly car drivers too break the law but usually get punished. Motorcyclist in the other hand……. You be the judge.
I am not surprise with this number. On last Sunday itself on the way back from Genting Highland to PJ, I saw 3 deadly accident. 2 happened less than 5km distance from each other another 1 right after Batu Caves.
2 out of 3 were motorcyclist.
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AES disastrously failed.
when driving on the road whether you are driver or riding motor, the most important thing is be predictable. i.e. keeping to your own lane, using turn signals, keep your distance from the car in front of you.
This simple rule can save lives.
Death tolls in Delhi India is because of smog. Reason in Malaysia?