Malaysia’s road safety worsening

The latest official figures from Malaysia show a worrying increase in the country’s road crash rate. The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) shows that the number of reported road crashes increased by 2.74% to 489,606 in 2015, compared with 476,196 for 2014. Meanwhile there were 6,706 road fatalities in 2015. According to MIROS, 19.4% of these road crashes were as a result of vehicle defects or poor road conditions, with 80.6% caused by human error.
February 16, 2016 Read time: 1 min
The latest official figures from Malaysia show a worrying increase in the country’s road crash rate. The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) shows that the number of reported road crashes increased by 2.74% to 489,606 in 2015, compared with 476,196 for 2014. Meanwhile there were 6,706 road fatalities in 2015. According to MIROS, 19.4% of these road crashes were as a result of vehicle defects or poor road conditions, with 80.6% caused by human error.

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