Malaysian Road Accident Statistics

The current road safety system in Malaysia is currently poor. The death rate should rate should not be this high, even for a developing country, and not only that, but whenever we on the highway, we would see an entire family on one motorcycle. Driving in Malaysia has it's dangers-with a very high per capita fatality rate-26 people per 100,000 are killed in traffic crashes. Each year there are about 6,300 fatal accidents.

A head-on collision between a Perodua Kancil and an old Mitsubishi Lancer

Accident would happened if we take it easy and this tragedy do not happen if we drive carefully. It is has with many factors such as driver bahaviour. When drive the car, they must controlling the cars including a good awreness of the car's size and capabilities. Reading and reacting to road conditions, weather, road signs and the environment are also the factors. Only with this mistake, we might be into the dangerous situation. Alertness and reading are the bahaviour of other drivers. Speed choice are also the factor that the accident would happened. As an example that most crashes related to speed involve speed too fast for the conditions.

That the risk of being injured increases with speeds much faster then the median speed. The drivers are also having an problem with their selfn such as poor eyesight, old age, excessive alcohol and drug use. So as a consumer of vehicles, we must take serious on this issue.

Based on the graph an increment in overall populations does not necessarily mean there will be more vehicle ownership. In Malaysia vehicle ownership increase steadily. The number of road accidents per 1000 vehicles decrease over the years. The number of registered vehicle increase from 10.6 millions to 15.8 million and the number of deaths shows small increment.
The conclusion is the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board (CLVB), RTD, JPJ and Traffic Police should play their part in ensuring safety on our roads and highways. The CVLB has done noting to enforce license requirements for public transport and has allowed road-unworthy buses to run. The safety should be seen in a wider context than simply accident prevention. We need to consider the wider effects of traffic accidents on the victims as well as their families and dependets. Being incapacitated in a road accident may mean losing one's livelihood and being unable to support a family.

So, i think Malaysia Road Accident Statistics will increase if we do not change our attitude from bad to positive attitude. As a result, we might be aware while driving the vehicles, no matter on different situations.