Malaysia Road Accident Statistics 2016

In 2016 transport accidents were found to be the 4th most common cause of death in malaysia at 5 4 while the top three causes were discovered to be ischaemic heart disease 13 2 pneumonia 12 5 and cerebrovascular disease 6 9.

Malaysia road accident statistics 2016. Liow also said that most of the deaths 62 7 involved motorcyclists. Over 1 year ago. The government takes a serious view of this accident statistics and to address the issue of road safety in a holistic manner the government has taken steps to adopt intervention by 5e approaches. The accident type of collision road design and involvement of alcohol.

This was despite the general insurance association of malaysia s. This was an increase from the total of 6 706 deaths that was recorded in the year 2015. Moreover the department of statistics also stated that this is the 3rd most common cause of death among men. Index of accidental road death.

A study in malaysia indicated that more than half of the total traffic fatalities in malaysia are motorcycle fatalities 20. 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. 2018 was the most dangerous year for drivers on malaysian roads since 2012 with a seven year high in the number of road accidents. The global status report on road safety published by the world health organization who and the world bank in december 2018 reported that malaysia had 7 152 deaths in 2016 of which 87 were males and 13 females.

General road accident statistics in malaysia. 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.