KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 More people died in highway accidents over a Aidilfitri holidays compared to final year.
The 24th Ops Sikap, from Aug 23 until Tuesday recorded roughly an identical estimable increase in accidents as well as fatal accidents, Bernama Online reported.
There were 19,606 accidents which is a 16.6 per cent increase, which fatal accidents were during 259, as well as 289 people failing in them, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar today.
Selangor saw a many number of accidents with 4,380 cases followed by Johor (2,346), Kuala Lumpur (1,956), Penang (1,392), Perak (1,377), Kedah (833), Negeri Sembilan (820), Pahang (806), Kelantan (640), Melaka (638), Sabah (543), Terengganu (536), Sarawak (482) as well as Perlis (68).
Most of a fatalities were motorcyclists as well as pillion riders (178) followed by car passengers (67), pedestrians (20), van passengers (seven), truck passengers (six), others (six) as well as cyclists (five).
He was speaking to media during Bukit Aman.
Accident hours were often in in between 2pm as well as 6pm, as well as in in between 8pm as well as 10pm. Ismail combined which a dead were often possibly in in between sixteen as well as 25 or above 60.
A military investigate indicated which 85 per cent of a accidents were caused by behaviour, with alternative causes being drifting highway crossing, skidding, loosening as well as tailgating.
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