Road crashes have continued to increase in Malaysia over the last three years, as incidents increased from 739,877 cases in 2023 to 778,159 cases in 2024, then to 790,614 cases last year, transport minister Anthony Loke told the Dewan Rakyat today, New Straits Times reported.
Police statistics found that road crashes increased by 5.17%, from 739,877 cases in 2023 to 778,159 cases in 2024, with the figure further increased in 2025.
“This upward trend has continued, with 273,668 road traffic accidents recorded between January and April 2026. Based on the analysis, cars remained the dominant vehicle type involved in road traffic accidents, accounting for between 60 and 70 per cent of all cases,” Loke said.
Motorcycle-related road traffic accidents also continued to increase, at an average annual growth rate of 5.83%. Although the number of motorcycles accidents was lower than that involving cars, their impact on motorcyclists was far more severe as motorcyclist fatalities accounted for more than 65% of all road deaths each year, the transport minister said.
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Amongst the reasons:
1. No use of indicators
2. Very dark tints reducing visibility
3. Vehicles are generally much more powerful now
4. Tailgating
5. Road raging
6. Road racing
7. Drugs
8. Corruption and lack of enforcement
9. Lesen kopi-O (corruption also)
10. Poor road design, signage and maintenance
11. Distraction (touch screen )
12. Poor car maintenance
All abovementioned derived from mental disorders
curious, how many “Car accidents” are actually related to motorbikes? we all know bikes are lawless in malaysia.
Can you first ask Mr Loke to stop focusing on selling number plates and improve our road safety and design? The current condition with ill design roads and poor signage, and motoris that dont follow rules, no amount of tech can compensate that.
do u also want mr. loke to babysit every driver & rider like little children so that they won’t have accidents?
90% of all new cars today have at least 1 airbag. More than half of those have more than 2 airbags, ABS and stability control.
All those are supposed to help reduce car accident rate by 50% but instead went up.
For bikes, 25 years ago Yamaha only offered the biggest engine power of 100cc for its small bike.
Today it is 160cc. Hardly surprising accident rate went up high.
Since the number of tyres remain 2, whose fault it is?
Funny how large vehicles speed around, whereas the quicker sedans tend to be more traffic wise. Pickups, SUVs and MPVs rule the highway with impunity
From my observation, many drive aggressively not defensively. I think they shld be taught of defensive driving in Driving School. From bikes to lorry, mostly all think abt themselves. When u signal, they accelerate, honk instead of give way. Tolerance is almost non-existent. Always care abt whose right or wrong instead of safety first. Another concern is some below 100k new cars can sprint less than 8secs. I think too fast for new driver. Shld be 9s or more. And for below 200k shld not lesser than 7sec. Sry, juz my honest opinion.
Yes, usually the ones with little or no common sense are directly or indirectly responsible for road accidents, and such errant road users do not want or care about taking responsibility their own safety & the safety of others like grown adults.
Today let use the blame approach.
In many countries, B40 vehicles are equipped with full safety features. However, in Malaysia, the safety needs of the B40 community are often overlooked, allowing a select few individuals to profit significantly. For instance, the Bezza is relatively expensive but lacks essential safety features. While car companies benefit from government protections, they do not prioritize improving safety standards.
As a result of expensive B40 vehicle, the government is effectively increasing the risk of fatal accidents for B40 individuals. If the government were to allow more competition in this market segment, I believe many B40 lives could have been saved with cheaper and safer cars
Bright LED advertising panels on monorail track pillar middle of road divider very distracting almost causing road accidents