Fewer road incidents during the holidays in 2023

In 2023, the roads were safer on the roads during the winter holidays than a year earlier, the Road Traffic Office of the Police Headquarters reported.

In various regions of the country, students had a two-week break from school between January 12 and February 26. In 2023, between January 12 and February 26, there were 1,834 accidents on the roads, 160 people died and 2,047 were injured.

However, as for the number of detained drunk drivers during the holidays: in 2022 there were 8,543, and in 2023 as many as 9,814.

Source: PAP