BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Brunei saw a steady decrease in road accidents from 2020 to 2023, local media reported on Wednesday.
There were 1,986 traffic accidents and 14 fatalities in Brunei in 2023, 2,131 incidents and 20 deaths in 2022, 3,104 road accidents with 16 fatalities in 2021, and 3,986 incidents and 11 deaths in 2020, the local daily Borneo Bulletin quoted Brunei's National Road Safety Council as saying.
The council said that more men were involved in traffic accidents that resulted in injuries or loss of life compared to women, and the highest demographic involved in road accidents in the past four years is aged 18 to 38. ■