Accidents cost lives, but just how much is a life worth from a monetary point of view? According to a study conducted by Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) on the economic aspect of road accidents, the cost of a life lost as a result of a road accident works out to be RM2.3 million, Bernama reports.
According to road safety department (JKJR) director-general Datuk Rosli Isa, road accidents involving 6,740 casualties had incurred costs around RM15 billion. The value stipulated in the study included medical and insurance costs.
“Accidents cause the country to lose important assets, while families experience difficulties. The main cause of accidents are drivers’ attitudes, such as being careless, not abiding by road safety rules and using mobile phones while driving. Most motorists commit this offence, but on the whole, the victims are motorcyclists,” he said.
The number of fatalities from road accidents in the country has never dipped below 6,000 since 2003. While last year’s numbers were lower than that of 2016, in which there were 7,152 fatalities, it’s still higher than that the 6,706 deaths recorded in 2015. In the first nine months of 2017, it was reported that 5,083 deaths had come about from 400,788 road accidents.
Last year, the government said that existing road safety campaigns had failed to reduce the number of road accidents in the country, despite the ministry of transport’s (MOT) Road Safety Plan 2014-2020 looking to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries by 50% by 2020.
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Potholes.. get to that first!
The safer vehicles rating are, the more drivers adopt riskier habits.
U mean 5star rating P1 drivers ?
Better then not know how many star vios.
Just took a trip kl to Penang n back…all sorts of vehicles including buses n lorries were breaking the speed limits…AES BIG FAILURE!!!!! IT’S ONLY GOOD FOR GOMEN TO COLLECT MONEY…. Never saw even one police patrol car
Also so many drivers are using mobiles while driving including motorcyclists while riding. Drive anywhere and you can witness it on a daily basis.
Strict enforcement n heavy penalties are the only solution
Motorcycle, lorries and buses contribute to 70% fatalities. In the end gov blame car drivers
Lorries and buses dun lead to direct fatalities, but eksiden with them can cause fatalities to others like motors and cars.
Putting value to life is just wrong regardless the reason.
If the study conducted by UPM is true, MOT should ask all drivers & its passengers(motorcycles/cars/lorries/buses) should insure RM2.3 million on their lives.
No problem. Bashers says RV worth more than safety features in a car. ToyotaP2 rulez.
you hate toyota so much? mind to tell me what engine lotus use in their car? is it proton?or toyota engine?
Dinosar engine dun kill pipu, none-existent safety features do.
I don’t see the relation between good safety device offer by P1 compare to Lotus use toyota engine. Pening..
Kereta makin banyak, jalanraya tidak bertambah looo.
Sure la banyak accident. Nak salahkan sapa?
Mmg perlu kurangkan bilangan penduduk. Msia dh overpopulated.
Bermakna peratus kemalangan dan jumlah kematian setiap tahun menurun
JKJR takde pun cakap peratusan kemalangan meningkat, cuma bilangan saje. Maka berpatutanlah, bila keta & motor berlambak kat jalan, lebih kerap bilangan kemalangan berlaku. Kematian menurun pulak sebab keta skarang lebih banyak safety features…
This is just 2% incidences from the pool.
Do you mind to share how much $$ the insurance companies collected? Hundred thousand of billions
What u expect when there is zero enforcement.
Motorbikes don’t give a damn.
Weaving in and out of the federal highway even thought motorbike lane is provided.
Drive through PJS area. Like cowboy town parents + kids riding motorcycle without helmets. Mana polis when we need them.
Bro, motorbike lanes in Federal highway tak boleh pakai la.
Polis cannot touch PJS area. Selangor mah.
Federal Highway is under DBKL, SPRINT, PWD jurisdiction. Haihh…
Federal hiway & SPRINT dun cross into PJS dude. Haihh…
Bro, many part of the bike lane is closed now. Under renovation. Still want to blame the bikers? Why don’t you change your mind and start to accept the fact that the road is there for us to share.
But you do not need to pay road tax and toll…do you?
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Poor infrastructure, poor road user attitude, poor everything…..whose fault?
Sure not ur fault mah. Ur smart alex. Alwaus blame others.
Too many incompetent drivers and kopi-o licence holders in Malaysia road. Driving like playing video games.
Accidents are mostly caused by human. Little were caused by mechanical/faulty cars. In Malaysia, the victims are typically old skool cars, that gets the blame.
Wanna reduce the accidents? Impose stricter laws for breaking rules. Most of these accidents are caused by reckless driving especially for the two wheel riders. Secondly they should look at stopping JPJ from getting bribes to issue licences to people who are not worthy of getting it. Look at other countries, law breakers can never get away from breaking laws and they are punished for it. What about us?
Good to see that, once again, Malaysia really values its citizens and actually puts a price on each one of their lives. How shameful – total human rights champions you guys are! NOT
The main factor of fatal road accidents in Malaysia is speed.
It is deemed OK to drive / ride above the imposed speed limit as long you can get away with it. This is called as a sick culture.
Public awareness and education on road safety shall be made as a mandatory pass subject for children.
Enforcement needs to be improved too. Personally I don’t think AES on highways can create impact to reduce fatal accidents as majority of fatality are motorcyclist in trunk roads.
AES is extra income for JPJ Malaysia.
AES vendors earn profit from this too.