16 Percent Drop in Deaths from Urban Accidents in Razavi Khorasan in October

According to KhabarOnline from Khorasan, Colonel Mohsen Mousaabadi, in an interview, stating that based on the recorded statistics, in October of this year seven fewer people than in the same period last year lost their lives in urban traffic accidents in Razavi Khorasan, said: Despite the 20 percent increase in traffic in October compared to September of this year, the actions of the police and the cooperation of the people, especially the citizens of Mashhad, in controlling vehicle speed on urban passages were effective and led to the reduction of accident severity and, as a result, to a decrease in the number of the dead and injured.

He said: The bulk of those killed in urban accidents lose their lives in highway accidents and in the late hours of the night, and in this regard the overt and covert night patrols of the police on the highways of Mashhad were strengthened in October, and this action has been among the effective factors in reducing the victims of urban traffic accidents in the province.

The head of the traffic police of Razavi Khorasan, stating that the review of this year's seven-month statistics also shows that the number of those killed in urban accidents in Razavi Khorasan has decreased by three percent compared with the same period last year and so far 10 fewer people than last year have lost their lives in these accidents, added: Also, in the seven months of this year, the number of injury accidents has decreased by 5 percent and the number of the injured in these accidents by 6 percent; however, property-damage accidents in this period have increased by five percent compared with the same period last year.