Rise in Traffic Accidents in Iran; Over 8,600 Deaths in First Six Months of This Year
Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization reported an increase in the number of deaths from traffic accidents in the first half of this year, announcing that on average 46.5 people lost their lives daily during this period.
According to ILNA news agency, 8,644 people died in traffic accidents in the first half of this year, which represents a 9.6 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
According to this report, the provinces of Fars, Tehran, and Khorasan Razavi had the highest number of traffic accident fatalities with 687, 582, and 576 deaths respectively.
The report also noted an increase in the number of accident victims seeking medical attention at legal medicine centers during the first half of this year, stating that after disputes, accident victims with a 9.1 percent increase accounted for the largest number of visitors to this organization.
Road accident casualties in Iran are higher than in many other countries, and sometimes leave behind more well-known victims.
In early Tir month this year, in an accident involving a bus carrying journalists overturning in the “Bigom Qaleh” area of Piranshahr, two journalists named Mahshad Karimi and Reyhane Yasini were killed and 21 others were injured.
One day after the journalists’ bus overturned, a bus carrying conscripted soldiers on the Yazd-Daheir route resulted in seven deaths. The police announced the cause of the accident as “defect in the braking system of this bus and the driver’s inability to control” the bus.
Also in early Shahrivar month, the director of accidents and medical emergencies in Bam reported the overturning of a vehicle carrying Afghan nationals in Bam city, resulting in 3 deaths at the accident scene and 9 others being injured in this incident.
Just one day after the news of the overturning of a vehicle carrying Afghan nationals in Bam city was published, the Iran Student News Agency reported on Thursday, the 10th of Shahrivar month, about the overturning of a minibus in Kamyaran, Kurdistan province of Iran, writing that 16 people were killed and 12 others were injured in this accident.
Road accidents are one of the major causes of mortality in Iran, and based on published reports, the main causes of road accidents include poor road conditions, vehicle deterioration, and failure to comply with traffic laws and supervision of them.
