In Iran, one person dies every 19 minutes due to road accidents
Analysis by: PMOI/MEK
Iran, June 13, 2018 - Iran’s road accidents and the high number of resulting deaths and injuries in recent years have rendered intense disputes in the regime’s media and discussions among senior officials.
Some facts
The state-run Arman daily cited the regime’s Health Minister saying, “Iran’s road accident numbers, especially regarding heavy trucks, are 100 times that of world averages and we have twice the number of deaths and injuries.”
This newspaper goes on to cite statistics from the World Health Organization, saying Iran ranks 189th out 190 countries in regards to road accidents.
“There are 3,400 accident-prone locations in the country’s roads, of which 1,500 are in critical conditions,” according to the Iranian regime’s traffic police chief, cited by the official IRNA news agency.
Iran’s economy suffers $97 million each day due to road accidents, according to the state-run ISNA news agency citing an Iranian official. This accumulates to eight percent of Iran’s gross national product, the report adds.
A UNICEF report indicates Iran has 20 times the number of road accidents in comparison to world averages.
Each year 28,000 people lose their lives from road accidents in Iran, along with another 300,000 left injured and crippled in some way. In Iran, one person dies every 19 minutes due to road accidents.
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