A complete of 915,874 highway accidents have been recorded for the interval of 2021 to 2022 based on the ministry of transport, The Star has reported.
From this complete, 545,588 of those accidents with 6,080 deaths (1.1%) occurred final 12 months, whereas 370,286 accidents occurred in 2021, with 4,539 deaths (1.23%), mentioned the minister of transport Anthony Loke Siew Fook.
“A Malaysian Institute of Highway Security Analysis (Miros) examine discovered that highway accidents have been primarily attributable to human behaviour, adopted by the design, situation of highway infrastructure and autos’ situation. Miros and the Highway Transport Division (JPJ) are continously operating campaigns and enforcement measures to advertise secure driving etiquette,” Loke mentioned.
The response by Loke in a written parliamentary reply was to Datuk Adnan Abu Hassan (BN-Kuala Pilah), who requested the transport minister to state the primary reason behind deadly highway accidents alongside quick, medium and long-term plans to resolve the problem.
To this finish, the transport ministry had launched the Malaysia Highway Security Plan 2022-2030 in January 2022 to deal with the problem of highway accidents.
“The aim is to cut back the variety of highway accidents by 50% come 2030. Varied programmes and methods involving stakeholders from native communities and the non-public sector have additionally been deliberate,” the transport minister mentioned.
Each passive and lively methods are additionally taken with a purpose to enhance the security requirements of autos, he mentioned. These are via the creation of a automobile analysis and security check centre, and [by] enhancing the requirements and mechanism used to judge [the safety of a vehicle],” Loke mentioned, including that different measures are additionally being taken.
