Police say nearly 600,000 road crashes in 2023

Updated 4 months ago · Published on 1 Jan 2024 11:58AM · 1 Comments

Cops say the most road crashes occurred in Selangor, Johor and Kuala Lumpur in 2023. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 1, 2024.

BUKIT Aman said 598,635 road crashes were reported from January 1 to December 30 last year.

Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department deputy director Mohd Nasri Omar said of the total, 12,417 crashes involved death.

“A total of 2,331 cases involved serious crashes, 28,511 involved minor crashes while the rest only involved vehicular damage,” he told reporters after conducting the New Year’s Eve operation at the Jalan Duta Toll Plaza early today.

He said Selangor logged the most crashes at 173,129 cases, followed by Johor (87,370) and Kuala Lumpur (72,701).

He said Selangor also recorded the highest number of deaths at 2,092, followed by Johor (2,010) and Perak (1,321).

Police carried out large-scale New Year’s Eve operations nationwide from 8pm last night to 5am today.

They involved 4,378 policemen and the participation of the Road Transport Department, National Anti-Drug Agency, Environment Department and Immigration Department. – Bernama, January 1, 2024.

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  • To compare - UK with twice Malaysian population had 1711 in total for 2022. The key to reducing deaths is law enforcement on the roads. If motorists and bikers were better drivers there would be fewer accidents. Next is road worthiness and safety features on vehicles. And no phones while driving as well as no overloaded vehicles. If a car is for 5 passengers it includes children. The police have to enforce existing standards and rules. Malaysians are not good road users at the moment because they can get away with bad road safety practices.

    Posted 4 months ago by Malaysia New hope · Reply