326, 000 Traffic Accidents Occur Over the First Five Months in China
(Clearwisdom.net)
Xinhua Net reported from Beijing on July 5th that from January through May there have been 326,000 traffic accidents nationwide, which makes up 72.9% of all types of accidents. As a result of these traffic accidents, 44,000 people died, 233,000 were injured and the cost of damages was 1320 million Yuan (160 million US dollars). Twenty-seven severe traffic accidents have killed more than 10 people each, with 407 killed altogether.