The National Committee for Traffic Safety in collaboration with the Hanoi People’s Committee on January 6 held a ceremony to kick off the Traffic Safety Year 2022.
Traffic Safety Year 2022 launched in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The National Committee for Traffic Safety incollaboration with the Hanoi People’s Committee on January 6 held a ceremony tokick off the Traffic Safety Year 2022.
Addressing the event, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh highlightedpositive results in ensuring traffic safety in 2021, saying that the trafficorder and safety last year was improvedconsiderably with sharp declines recorded in the number of accidents,deaths and injuries. He attributed the results to the effective implementation of solutions overthe year.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
The official stressed the need for comprehensive solutions to ensure the work in the current situation, especially preventing COVID-19infections in transportation activities as the pandemic is forecast to continuein a complicated way in the coming years.
He ordered member agencies of the National Committee and People’s Committeesof provinces and centrally-run cities to build plans for effectively implementing thegoals of trafficorder and safety in 2022 which focus on improving the public awareness of the law on the field; reducing trafficaccidents by 5-10 percent annually in the number of cases, deaths and injuries;curbing traffic jams in key traffic hubs and big cities; and preventing COVID-19 infections and outbreaksin transportation activities.
According to the National Committee for Traffic Safety, as of December 14, 2021, 11,495 trafficaccidents had occurred across the country, killing 5,799 people andinjuring 8,018 others, down 23.32 percent, 15.55 percent, and 28.16percent year-on-year, respectively.
As many as 55 provinces and centrally-runcities recorded a strong decrease in the number of fatalities due to traffic accidents compared to2020. Notably, An Giang and Son La provinces reported a decrease of over 40percent.
Traffic police had handled 2.88 millionviolation cases, giving out fines of over 2.8 trillion VND (123 million USD),revoking 248,6000 driving licences and sequestering 460,000 vehicles./.
As many as 488 traffic accidents were recorded from August 15 to September 14, claiming 253 lives and injuring 301 people, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.
Traffic accidents decreased in three criteria year-on-year from September 15 to October 14, said Chief of the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee Tran Huu Minh.
Vietnam has recorded remarkable improvements of traffic safety and order thanks to the involvement of the whole political system and efforts of people, said Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho at a plenary session of the Traffic Safety Conference 2021 on December 3.
As many as 11,495 traffic accidents nationwide killed 5,799 people and injured 8,018 others in one year between December 15, 2020 and December 14, 2021, according to the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee.
Traffic safety was improved considerably nationwide in 2021 with sharp declines recorded in the number of accidents, deaths and injuries, reported the National Committee for Traffic Safety (NCTS).
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Traffic Safety Year 2022 launched in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) 
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) 
