More than 12k deaths in 2023 road accidents, say cops

A total of 598,635 road accidents were reported nationwide from Jan 1 to Dec 30 last year with 12,417 involving death.

Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department deputy director Mohd Nasri Omar told reporters this after conducting an operation at the Jalan Duta Toll Plaza in KL early this morning.

According to Bernama, he added that Selangor recorded the highest number of deaths with 2,092 people, followed by Johor (2,010) and Perak (1,321).

Nazri said Selangor also recorded the highest number of accidents with 173,129 cases, followed by Johor (87,370 cases) and Kuala Lumpur (72,701 cases).

“A total of 2,331 cases involved serious accidents; 28,511 involved minor crashes while the rest only involved damage to vehicles,” he said adding that his department had carried out large-scale integrated New Year’s Eve operations nationwide involving all contingents and districts, from 8pm last night to 5am this morning.

He added that the operations involved 4,378 police officers and personnel, apart from various enforcement agencies such as the Road Transport Department, the National Anti-Drug Agency, the Environment Department, and the Immigration Department.