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Dangerous drivers to receive lifetime bans

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VNA Update: January, 11/2019 – 15:17

The scene of an accident where a container truck hit 21 motorbikes waiting at a red light in the southern province of Long An, killing four people and injuring at least 16 others. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Transport was looking at handing out lifetime bans to dangerous drivers, said Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể at a conference held in Hà Nội on Friday. Tiếp tục đọc “Dangerous drivers to receive lifetime bans” →

Traffic accidents are eighth leading cause of death globally, according to WHO

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By Naomi Thomas, CNN

The highest death rates are in Africa and Southeast Asia: 26.6 and 20.7 deaths per 100,000, respectively.

Updated 0931 GMT (1731 HKT) December 7, 2018

The future of road safety 03:26

(CNN)The number of traffic-related deaths reached a high of 1.35 million in 2016, according to the 2018 Global Status Report on Road Safety, released by the World Health Organization on Friday. It has also moved up to the eighth leading cause of death for people of all ages, ahead of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.

“Road safety is an issue that does not receive anywhere near the attention it deserves — and it really is one of our great opportunities to save lives around the world,” Michael Bloomberg, former New York mayor and the WHO global ambassador for noncommunicable diseases and injuries, said in the foreword of the report.
Although the report points out that progress has been made in certain areas, such as legislation, it has not happened quickly enough to meet the UN’s goals to halve road traffic deaths between 2016 and 2020.
Traffic deaths are now the leading global cause of deaths for children and young adults between 5 and 29 years old.

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