Cambodia’s road risks rising

Cambodia’s roads show an increase in crashes. The country's National Road Safety Committee (NRSC) has announced official results showing that road related fatalities increased by 14% from 1,950 in 2013 to 2,226 in 2014. People aged from 15 - 39 accounted for 64% of the road crash casualties, while there were 4,645 recorded collisions. According to NRSC, 12% of the casualties were listed as students, followed by workers at 19%, and farmers at 42%. Worryingly the NSRC has said that deaths from road crashes co
October 5, 2015 Read time: 1 min
Cambodia’s roads show an increase in crashes. The country's National Road Safety Committee (NRSC) has announced official results showing that road related fatalities increased by 14% from 1,950 in 2013 to 2,226 in 2014. People aged from 15 - 39 accounted for 64% of the road crash casualties, while there were 4,645 recorded collisions. According to NRSC, 12% of the casualties were listed as students, followed by workers at 19%, and farmers at 42%. Worryingly the NSRC has said that deaths from road crashes could exceed 3,200 by 2020 if no drastic action is made to curb the situation.

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