The site of a coach crash in Yên Bái Province earlier this month. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — There were 3,159 traffic accidents nationwide from December 15 – April 14, claiming the lives of 1,895 people and injuring 2,154 others, reported the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Compared to the same period last year, the numbers of accidents, fatalities and the injured were down 17.33 per cent, 17.68 per cent and 10.66 per cent, respectively.

On the nation's roads, 3,122 accident cases claimed 1,869 lives and left 2,148 others injured, representing respective decreases of 17.41 per cent, 16.82 per cent and 10.61 per cent.

Meanwhile, 28 railway accidents killed 18 people and injured six others. Year-on-year, the number of cases and fatalities rose by 12 per cent and 5.88 per cent, respectively, while that of the injured decreased by 14.29 per cent.

Six accidents happened on waterways, down eight cases, and three on marine routes, up one case, taking eight lives in total, down 30 deaths from the same period last year.

In April alone, two waterway accidents killed two persons which remained unchanged annually.

In aviation, one accident at A-level was recorded, involving a BELL 505 helicopter which crashed while carrying tourists over the water near Gia Luận Commune, Cát Hải District, the northern port city of Hải Phòng. It resulted in the death of one pilot and four passengers. — VNA/VNS