Drinking and Driving, a Major Cause of Road Accidents During Lao Festivals
Reports says that the common reason of road accidents in Laos is when the driver were under the influence of alcohol.
Read moreReports says that the common reason of road accidents in Laos is when the driver were under the influence of alcohol.
Read moreA high number of road accidents where reported last month alone according to the Traffic Police Department.
Read morePolice said most accidents occurred when people drove in the wrong lane or changed direction suddenly.
Read moreA total of 831 people died in road accidents across the country in 2021, with the cost of the damage to vehicles estimated at over 92 billion kip.
Read moreThe General Police Department recently issued 15 banning rules in regards to the celebration of Lao New Year during April 14-16
Read moreA total of 79 people were killed in 604 road accidents in Laos in October, according to the latest report from Lao Ministry of Public Security.
Read moreA total of 75 people were killed in 518 road accidents in Laos during July
Read moreNearly 90 people were killed in road accidents across the country during March
Read morePolice attributes most of the incidents to speeding and drunk driving.
Read more37 people were killed during a five day period that included the official three-day Lao New Year holiday
Read moreA total of 212 people died in road accidents around the country from January to February this year, with many of the crashes attributed to speeding and drunk driving.
Read moreWhen French paramedic Sebastian Perret witnessed a fatal accident in the Laos capital, Vientiane, in 2010, he was shocked that no ambulance came to help.
Every day, four people die in road crashes across Laos, giving the country one of the region’s worst road fatalities per capita in the region. Many more are injured but most cannot afford to pay a government ambulance to help them.
Unable to ignore the plight of the city’s road crash victims, Perret set up Vientiane Rescue, a volunteer ……
The number of Lao people killed in road accidents is greater than the figure of those killed by bomb attacks in Pakistan, to make a somewhat bloody comparison.
The bomb attacks in Pakistan hit the international headlines daily as innocent lives are lost. Meanwhile here in Laos people are dying every day but their deaths go largely unreported.
In Laos it is not bomb attacks taking lives but traffic accidents. In 2013, 873 people were …..
About 90 percent of fatalities arising from road accidents in Laos are among those riding motorbikes, according to traffic police.
The figure is hardly surprising given the lack of protection motorbikes offer their riders in comparison to larger vehicles. Those riding motorbikes are also mostly poor people or students who are less likely to ….