Cambodia’s crashes – cause for concern

A report from Cambodia’s General Commissariat of National Police gives cause for concern at country’s high rate of road crashes. Fatalities from road crashes in 2015 rose to 2,265, a climb of 5% compared to 2014. There were 9,775 people injured in road crashes in Cambodia in 2015, a drop of 4% compared with 2014. An accurate figure for the number of road crashes in 2015 has yet to be released by the General Commissariat of National Police but an estimate puts this at around 4,600, compared with the official
January 7, 2016 Read time: 1 min
A report from Cambodia’s General Commissariat of National Police gives cause for concern at country’s high rate of road crashes. Fatalities from road crashes in 2015 rose to 2,265, a climb of 5% compared to 2014. There were 9,775 people injured in road crashes in Cambodia in 2015, a drop of 4% compared with 2014. An accurate figure for the number of road crashes in 2015 has yet to be released by the General Commissariat of National Police but an estimate puts this at around 4,600, compared with the official figure of 4,645 during 2014. In all, 7,575 vehicles were damaged in road crashes in Cambodia in 2015.

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