A truck and a car crashed into each other in the Central Highlands Province of Lâm Đồng on July 8, killing three people and injuring four others. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — The numbers of traffic accidents and related deaths and injuries during the first seven months of 2023 decreased compared to the same period last year, reported the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Chief of the committee’s Office Trần Hữu Minh said that 5,928 traffic accidents were recorded during the period (from December 15, 2022 to July 14, 2023), killing 3,428 and injuring 4,117 others.

The respective figures fell 659 (10 per cent), 411 (10.71 per cent), and 143 (3.36 per cent) year-on-year.

Among the accidents, 5,858 happened on roads with 3,379 deaths and 4,104 injured people, down 9.88 per cent, 9.87 per cent and 3.25 per cent from a year earlier, respectively.

There were 52 railway accidents with 38 deaths and 13 injured people (down 14.75 per cent, 15.56 per cent, and 13.33 per cent), 13 inland waterway accidents with nine deaths and no injured people (down 38.1 per cent, 72.73 per cent, and 100 per cent), and five maritime accidents with two deaths and no injuries (the numbers of accidents and injured people were unchanged while deaths decreased 83.33 per cent).

Meanwhile, one aviation accident and 53 incidents threatening flight safety occurred during the seven months, dropping 13 per cent year on year in total.

On average, there were 28 traffic accidents per day during the first seven months of this year throughout the country, resulting in 16 deaths and 19 injuries/mild injuries.

However, traffic accidents increased during June 15-July 14, when there were 958 accidents with 563 deaths and 646 injured people, respectively rising 12.05 per cent, 14.9 per cent, and 12.35 per cent, statistics show. — VNS