The Royal Malaysia Police has released its road accidents statistics in Malaysia for the year 2020. Apart from reducing the spread of COVID-19, turns out that the Movement Control Order had contributed in the reduction of road fatalities.
Meanwhile, road fatalities have also dropped by 25% from 6,167 in 2019 to 4,634 in 2020. That’s an average of 12.7 deaths per day. A total of 7,655 people were arrested last year, with 3,394 due to driving while intoxicated and 2,624 for road bullying. Despite having fewer accidents, the police had collected 29.2% more fines amounting to RM395.3 million in 2020 versus RM305.9 million in the previous year.
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