A total of 11,564 traffic accidents were reported nationwide during the period, leaving 7,198 people dead and 6,704 injured.
Compared with the same period last year, the number of accidents fell by 2,306, or 16.6 per cent, while deaths declined by 710, or 9 per cent, and injuries by 2,409, or 26.4 per cent.
Traffic police conducted 678,358 patrols involving nearly 2.5 million officer deployments and checked more than 20.3 million vehicles.
More than 3.76 million traffic violations were handled, up 46.8 per cent year on year. More than 770,480 vehicles were temporarily impounded and 89,000 driving licences and other professional permits revoked, while more than 508,500 drivers had points deducted from their licences.
The violations included more than 959,400 cases of speeding, 595,000 drink-driving offences, 405,700 helmet violations and nearly 346,000 cases of illegal stopping or parking.
Other offences included 207,500 licence violations, 170,700 wrong-lane offences, nearly 43,000 traffic-light violations and 29,000 cases of driving on prohibited or one-way roads.
A further 1,501 drivers and crew members were found to have drugs in their systems while on duty.
During the nine-month period, 4.4 million candidates attended driving tests, with nearly 2.9 million passing. Authorities also received 1.59 million applications for driving licence renewals or replacements.
Traffic police registered 3.3 million new vehicles, including 513,600 cars, 2.8 million motorbikes and 8,400 specialised vehicles.
Technology was increasingly used in traffic enforcement. In the third quarter alone, AI-powered camera systems detected and handled 9,488 violations.
Authorities also received and processed 6,069 reports of traffic violations through Facebook, Zalo, VNeTraffic and vehicle monitoring systems.
Traffic police held 23,354 road-safety awareness sessions attended by nearly 2.1 million people. At schools, 4,173 sessions were organised for nearly 2.4 million students and 164,000 teachers.
