More than 7,500 people died in accidents in the first 5 months of this year

In the first five months of this year, 7,561 people lost their lives in traffic accidents, a one percent increase compared to the same period last year when the number of fatalities was 7,489. Of the total traffic accident fatalities in the first five months of this year, 5,918 were men and 1,643 were women.

Of this number, 5,020 people lost their lives on suburban roads, 1,838 on urban routes, 502 on rural routes, 52 on private roads, and 149 on other routes.

In August this year, 1,729 people died in traffic accidents, of which 1,341 were men and 388 were women. The number of fatalities in August increased by 4.4 percent compared to the same period last year, when the number of fatalities was 1,656.

Also, during this period, the provinces of Fars with 612, Khorasan Razavi with 543, and Tehran with 542 deaths had the highest number of fatalities.

Source: Voice of America