Total Accident Death: 24,000 Per Year, 2,000 Per Month
Traffic Accident Death: 12,000 Per Year, 1,000 Per Month
Cost: About $1 Billion Per Year

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2006/10/622116/

"According to the Public Health Ministry, accidents killed about 24,000 people in Vietnam annually, with half of the deaths caused by traffic accidents. A survey conducted in 2001 also showed that accidents injured 5,450 of every 100,000 people in the country.

In addition, traffic accidents cause damages estimated at 885 million USD to the country every year, not mentioning expenditures on medical treatment and rehabilitation given to the victims. Moreover, accidents bring bad psychological and economic losses to victims' families and the community."

"don't drink and drive" "click it or ticket"

With the kind of @sshole driving that we do, drinking is superfluous

They need to wear helmet.

Many Vietnamese people in Vietnam think that wearing helmet is a nuisance to them.

We can encourage more people to wear helmet by designing comfortable and fashionable helmets.

Wearing helmet saves precious lives.

My god...

Sorry, wrong post. Delete.

Build more wider roads, put markers and crossing lights.

actually
they are building larger street now
but their habbit is hard to change, so it ill take a long time
but it currently improve
last year when i came back to vietnam, i got rear end all the time for stopping at the red light!
but this year, none of these happen, and their are more people that stop at the red light
so a couple more yeart, it will be much better
yay

Ban all motorbikes and get back to bicycles I say.

great
then thousands people will lose there job and vietnam economic will suffer for a long time man
that is just not realistic
and i love the vietnam with motorcycle.
Cant imagine a vietnam without motorcycle

Yeah ok, just let thousand of people die on the streets so to maintain the vietnam economy. Geez, how do people in the past get to work without motorbikes.

Man love machine. For over a years now I drove my car to work even if it take me 10 minutes to walk to it.

You're a lazy bugger aren't you. My uni is far from home, even so, I parked my car outside campus and have to walk 10-15 mins.

Talking about accident: taking a look at this bus with 12 officials dead on their way to the natural diaster Central area

Tragic:




Ôtô cứu trợ bão bị tai nạn, 12 người thiệt mạng


Car/Van/Bus drivers in Vietnam are notorious. They drive crazy fast if there are no cops around. Passing on a two way road is very common and this is a case where a Van trying to pass and misjudged the oncoming Van then head-on collision.

It's quite a tragedy. I read this on the news yesterday

This is the biggest auto accidents in Khanh Hoa province in 20 years

ban all motobikes, and import small european cars, or start car industries that only make small type cars such as these ones here.

fuel efficient, yet more reliable and small enough to park in your living room. lol.