According to the Ministry of Public Security, the number of traffic accidents and deaths dropped by five and deaths by three against the same period of last year, while injuries increased by 16.
A traffic accident in Binh Thuan
On the second day of Tet, the country witnessed 18 traffic accidents, killing ten people and injuring 13 others.
In the four days of Tet, the traffic police detected 1,683 road traffic violations, fined a total of VND3.45 billion and detained more than 1,000 vehicles. The police stopped 646 drivers with excessive blood alcohol levels.
As many as 48 people were killed and 61 others injured in 82 traffic accidents in the four days of the Tet Lunar New Year.
