Iran’s nationwide police chief for street visitors, Brigadier Basic Teimour Hosseini, introduced that 704 individuals have died in street accidents throughout the nation through the first 17 days of the Nowruz journey interval.
Basic Hosseini added that between March 15 and April 1, over 400 million automobile actions had been recorded nationwide.
He famous: “Throughout this era, 582 deadly crashes occurred, resulting in the deaths of 704 people, together with those that later died in hospitals.”
As well as, authorities reported 12,918 injury-related accidents, leaving 16,094 individuals injured. A complete of 71,410 property injury crashes had been additionally recorded, bringing the general variety of accidents—city and intercity mixed—to 84,911.
Kerman province recorded the best loss of life toll with 65 fatalities, adopted by Fars, Khorasan Razavi, Khuzestan, and Sistan and Baluchestan.
The first causes of deadly crashes are stated to be driver distraction, sudden lane modifications, and lack of automobile management.
Most dangerous accidents occurred between 4:00 p.m. and eight:00 p.m., prompting officers to induce vacationers coming back from holidays to stay cautious throughout peak hours.
In the latest 24-hour interval alone, 18 individuals had been killed and 491 injured in almost 2,000 street accidents reported nationwide.
