Slight decrease in traffic accident statistics
In 2015, a total of 156 road traffic accidents were recorded in Da Nang. These resulted in 95 deaths and 122 serious injuries, and caused property damage of over 330 million VND. The figures show a decrease in the number of accidents, deaths and injuries by 22, 1 and 35 respectively against the previous year.
During that period, the police detected a total of 54,000 traffic violations, and fines totalling 28 billion VND were imposed on 41,000 violators. The police temporarily detained 238 cars and 1,636 motorbikes whose owners had broken the traffic laws. More than 4,800 other violators had their driving licences revoked.
In 2016, the police will make every effort to reduce the number of road traffic accidents, especially the death toll, and ease traffic congestion.