The transport ministry says it is looking into ways to reduce the number of road accidents and prevent fatalities, The Star reports. Transport minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said that the ministry will be working with the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) to come up with solutions to address the issue.
Yesterday, Wee met with MIROS chairman Datuk Suret Singh and director-general Dr Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim, who briefed him on several studies and recommendations. He said one of the pressing matters that was discussed for future action was the staggering number of accidents involving motorcyclists, who are among the most risk prone groups on the road.
“One of our overarching goals is to bring down the number of accidents towards zero or at the very least, prevent more fatalities on the road,” he said via a statement.
To this end, he said the ministry – together with MIROS and other related agencies – will be devising more drastic solutions for preventive action to reduce road mishaps. He did not however indicate or outline what measures would be introduced.
The country’s road accident rate certainly warrants the concern. Based on police statistics, there were 837,695 reported accidents in 2018, a rise of 4.4% compared to 2017’s figure of 802,523. The highest number of fatalities recorded involved motorcyclists at 4,128 cases, followed by car drivers at 1,167 cases and pedestrians at 407 cases.
Looking to sell your car? Sell it with Carro.
Low hanging fruits for Wee. Look into KESAS, FEDERAL HWAY etc for bikers don’t follow Motorcycle lane first.
Best solution, ban Perodua cars on the road and close down that company turned funerary morgue! Safety First!
That crashed up white Iriz up there you mean
And just look at the intact cabin. I’ll bet the fortunate owner walked out himself with minor injuries. If it was a Myvi, confirm the roof lenyek kaw-kaw into pancake.
Every year, Perodua sales is 4X that of Proton. So, all the fake news here that Perodua is not sales is lies.
Millions of Perodua owners confirm it is a safe car but one keyboard warrior comes here and says it is not a safe car.
Most deaths are caused by Proton cars with no ABS and Airbags.
Whole world has ABS and Airbags in 80s and 90s but Proton only gave us in 2000
Try to ask PDRM to clean up their force of corruption, you will see accidents will reduce substantially.
Enough of asking for duit kopi and letting offenders lose to commit the same offences over and over again endangering other road users
Thats axia you blind
u r fkg right! Perodua myvi is the champion of most hated car follow by its little brothers. Without them the road will be so much safer.
Is this why Myvi had sales of over 1.3 million units?
Proton no more sales. It is China car X70 that is selling
Is this why our accident and mortality rates shot up?
No coincidence eh?
Sez all the Transport minister since Samy vellu,
Except for Loke. He was too busy selling fancy number plates to care.
Exactly. Talk and talk and talk. Every year the same thing but year on year still increasing.
Attitude problem, that’s the only issue and you can’t fix an attitude problem that is hard wired into their brains. Strict law? Works only if you enforce it.
Attitude problem is easy to solve. Let them kill each other and their kind will extinct.
Too many mat touge & rempit during weekend.
Too many bored Ah Bengs & Ah Lians got stuck at home during MCO now becoming devils on the road once more. Should ban them from driving.
I hate Ah beng and Ah lian in MYVI.after mco they drive like having drugs.
10**********
Problem solving method is ….
All car must be carbon fiber chassis!!!
Autonomous cars need to come sooner. Too many idiots driving.
Terbaik DS Wee Ka Siong.. Ur the best!!
Stupid Wee Wee, of course motorcyclist is the at most risk group. He got see how they ride? Go talk with PRDM and get them to “fix” the problem. Then talk with JKR and get them to fix the motorcycle lanes.
Not MIROS.
Eh… why so drastic…?
I dont think i heard of any anak menteri got killed in road accident lately…
They only react if sumthing happened to them or their family rite…?
‘fixed’ motorcyclist issue la. Always said they always contribute to high accident number, but keep saman cars…
Fatalities bro, more fatalities doesn’t mean accidents caused by them. Cars and other heavy cause accidents and motorcyclists die. Learn how to read.
More enforcement is the way. Decades ago, European countries were just like Malaysia and as my German colleague told me, the police strictly enforced it with a BMW 1800ti police car parked every few miles down the highway. In this day, the use of cameras is much cheaper and much more effective (think 24 hr use/ all weather).
In the EU, 125cc motorcycles (can be driven at the age of 16 in Europe) reached around 30PS and top speeds around 160km/h in 1992, together with rising deaths.
So in 1996, 125cc motorcycles were limited to 15PS and a minimum weight of 110kg (0,1 kW/kg). Now even ABS is mandatory for that bikes.
Interesting to know: Tuning is quite difficult (part swap from bigger bikes had to be made impossible, different bolt circles for cylinders are required, etc.). Original parts are marked with an “E” number (Malaysians may have seen that “E” on their car’s windscreen), putting that number illegally on racing parts is punished as “forgery of documents” with a prison term.
Make VSC and ADAS standard. Now that’s drastic measures.
Simple solution.. gov must upgrade all federal and state road from two to four lane so driver can overtake safely.. definitely can reduced more than 50 percent road accident..
Your solution is the win. The road from Muar to Batu Pahat definitely needs huge upgrade. Highway from JB to Ayer Keroh needs more lanes. Need proper highway connecting Segamat, Kuantan, Mersing etc.
More talkfests on how to solve the problems on Malaysian roads?
You’re kidding me, right?
If you are not aware of the endless lack of respect for the current road rules in this country, then you must be going around with your head up your backside!
The issues are crystal clear, there is no need for discussions. Do your job!
Let’s revisit this in six months time. I will be STUNNED if any action has been taken.
Please prove me wrong.
drastic solution reason = Datuk Seri wee failed to keep up with the low accident rate like MCO lockdown. This is an urgent kpi.
Even during lockdown.
Most accidents are by drunk driver and delivery man.
These 2 groups rempit and drive recklessly.
Accidents are accidents. Can’t avoid accidents.
More vehicles on the road will naturally have more accidents. Only way to reduce motor accidents from happening is to do away with cheap tyres and imitation spare parts. Only solution the government will put to use is to summon whoever is driving or riding.
Bad tyres and suspensions are one of the main causes of accidents. Most Malaysians can’t pay for good tyres and suspensions. So if our government need a solution, they need not to think hard. Look into and settle these two main problems.
Then move onto the next problem which is the conditions of the public roads especially at the rural areas. Sabah has one of the worst roads.
This state contributes a high amount of the statistics counted for. Heavy vehicles destroys these roads just after a week of resurfacing. JPJ turns a blind eye because if someone’s doing their job, these wouldn’t happen.
I might be wrong but its either JKR does a shitty cheap job or the mentioned above.
We lack proper leaders in these sectors. I’ve been told that the easiest jobs is to not think until the day before salary.
Cakap Pandai.
Make it compulsory for engine/conversion vehicles to go for inspection every two years.Those conversion from 1.3 to 1.6 need to go for brake test/tilt test etc..No point upgrade engine and power if still using standard brakes and the handling of the vehicles is surely out of proportion..Same goes for motorcycles