Malaysia Road Accident Statistics 2018
Transport minister datuk seri liow tiong lai revealed in january that a total of 7 152 people died in road accidents in malaysia in the year 2016.
Malaysia road accident statistics 2018. Kuala lumpur jan 30 the number of fatalities on the road dropped as much as 6 3 per cent last year to 5 870 cases compared to 6 265 cases in 2017. She added that according to police statistics a total of 6 740 road deaths occurred in 2017 or 18 to 19 deaths per day nationwide while globally 3 700 people died daily due to road accidents. For those who have interest in obtaining the data you may submit your application to the rtd. Transport statistics malaysia 2018.
Principal causes of death ischaemic heart diseases remains as the principal causes of death in 2017 the per cent of deaths caused by ischaemic heart diseases was 13 9 per cent followed by pneumonia 12 7 cerebrovascular diseases 7 1 transport accidents 4 6 and malignant neoplasm of trachea bronchus and lung 2 3. 2018 was the most dangerous year for drivers on malaysian roads since 2012 with a seven year high in the number of road accidents. 2016 data from the road transport department rtd is no longer displayed in the official portal of ministry of transport. This was despite the general insurance association of malaysia s.
Malaysian vehicle assessment programme proton exora a 4 star mpv in safety mrr 9 2008. Bukit aman department of investigation and traffic enforcement director dcp datuk azisman alias speaks during a press conference in kuala lumpur january 30 2019. In 2018 there were around 14 625 reported casualties. Total road accidents up but fatalities down 6 3pc in 2018.
Over 1 year ago. This approach includes education enforcement engineering environmental and assessment as below. Liow also said that most of the deaths 62 7 involved motorcyclists. Index of accidental road death.
This was an increase from the total of 6 706 deaths that was recorded in the year 2015. Picture by mukhriz hazim. Single vehicle accidents involving trees in malaysia a preliminary study mer 09 2009. Wednesday 30 jan 2019 03 30 pm myt.
Statistics on causes of death malaysia 2018 i. Public awareness and practice.