9,400 Accidents, 91 Fatalities Recorded During CNY

87 views · Published 16 February 2018 · 1:07 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: 7Edition · 2018 · News & Politics

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Ops Selamat 12, launched in conjunction with the Chinese New Year on February 9th, has to date recorded nine thousand 466 accident cases with 91 fatalities.

Authorities reported that the number of accidents recorded in the six days showed a decrease by 554 cases from the 10,020 cases last year during Ops Selamat 10, which saw 98 fatalities.

According to Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement director SAC Sharul Othman Mansor, of the 91 traffic fatalities, 61 victims involved motorcyclists and pillion riders.

Due to this, Ops Selamat 12 will focus on motorcyclists, apart from six main offences often committed by road users.

Those offences include driving over the speed limit driving on emergency lanes illegal overtaking, running traffic lights using mobile phones while driving and cutting queues.

To date, a total of 89,385 summonses had been issued for various road offences

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