150 deaths by 10th day of 'Ops Selamat'

There were 138 fatal road accidents involving 150 deaths recorded nationwide within a 10-day period of Ops Selamat 16/2020 since it was launched on Jan 18 in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration.

Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department director Azisman Alias said motorcyclists and pillion riders made up the largest number of fatalities at 102 deaths.

He said Selangor recorded the highest number of fatalities with 25 cases, followed by Johor (17), Sarawak (16), Kedah (13) and 12 cases each in Pahang and Kelantan.

“During that period, 15,341 road accidents involving 22,770 vehicles were recorded,” he said in a statement today.

Azisman said a total of 261,790 summonses were issued to traffic offenders with 165,099 or 63.1 per cent of them for offences, including using a mobile phone while driving, speeding, driving on the emergency lane and overtaking on the double line, among others.

Ops Selamat ends on Saturday. — Bernama