A 12% decrease in traffic fatalities during the winter of 1404.
Praja Road Police Chief:
🔹 Although the number of traffic fatalities increased in the first nine months of last year, in the winter of 1404 the number of fatalities decreased by 12% compared to the corresponding period last year.
🔹 Last winter 403 people lost their lives in road accidents. Of these, 265 deaths occurred in the month of Day, 74 in the month of Bahman and 64 in the month of Asfand.
🔹 Lack of attention to the road ahead (43%), lack of vehicle control (28%) and turning to the left (11%) were the main causes of accidents last winter.
🔹 Most winter accidents happened between the hours of 16:00-20:00, accounting for 27% of all accidents.