Road Fatalities in North Khorasan Down 6%

Bojnourd – North Khorasan's traffic police chief announced a 6% decline in traffic accident deaths in the first six months of 1405 compared with the same period last year.

Bojnord - North Khorasan Road Police Chief announced a 6% decrease in the number of traffic accident victims in the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period last year.

According to Ambassador Arjan's report, Col. Parviz Rezaisenab said: According to the recorded statistics, in the first six months of this year, the number of fatal accidents decreased by 8% from 118 to 109, and the number of deaths decreased from 139 in the same period last year to 130.

He further added: During this period, injury accidents decreased by 3% from 1,213 to 1,175 and the number of injured decreased by 4% from 1,464 to 1,409.

Referring to the 15% increase in damage accidents from 1,232 to 1,415, the head of North Khorasan Road Police noted that the total number of accidents registered in this period increased by 5% from 2,563 to 2,699.

At the end, Rezai Nasab emphasized the necessity of following the traffic rules and regulations, and asked the drivers to take serious care in preventing traffic accidents and protecting their lives and other traffic users by avoiding speeding and overtaking, paying attention to the front and observing a safe speed.