Nearly 7,000 road traffic fatalities recorded in 2023, says Loke

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Close to 7,000 road traffic fatalities were recorded in 2023, says Anthony Loke.  Citing police statistics, the Transport Minister said 6,443 fatalities were recorded in 2023, stressing his full commitment to reducing the tragic loss of lives caused by road traffic crashes.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2rpp7ex3   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00As the Transport Minister, ensuring road safety is one of my highest priorities.

00:05I am fully committed to supporting every possible measures to reduce the tragic loss of life

00:11caused by road traffic crashes.

00:14According to the statistics by Royal Malaysian Police, road traffic fatalities totaled 6,443

00:22in 2023.

00:24This underscores the urgent need for renewed and intensified efforts to address road safety

00:31challenges.

00:32We must act decisively to halt this rise and work towards achieving safer roads for all.

00:40The Malaysian Government has established a Cabinet Committee on Road Safety and Traffic

00:45Congestion, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister.

00:50This shows the seriousness of the Government to tackle this issue and problems.

00:55This newly formed committee will meet regularly, allowing us to consistently develop, review

01:01and refine our strategies.

01:04This approach demonstrates the Government's commitment to reducing road traffic fatalities

01:08and enhancing everyone's safety on our roads.

01:12To raise awareness about the serious number of road accident deaths, Police, with guidance

01:18from the Cabinet Committee, have since March this year, released road accident death statistics

01:24on a daily basis.

01:26This initiative seeks to emulate the Ministry of Health's approach during the COVID-19

01:31pandemic when daily reporting of infection numbers helped raise public awareness of the

01:36disease.

01:37In fact, we have always mentioned, the road death fatalities are even higher than COVID.

01:44That is why it is very important that we must raise concern and the attention of the public

01:51towards road safety.

01:53Malaysia's Road Safety Plan 2022-2030 seeks to significantly reduce the numbers of road

02:00traffic fatalities.

02:02To achieve this challenging goal, the Plan outlines 10 priority areas that address various

02:07road safety issues.

02:09The first 3-year Action Plan, from 2022-2024, focuses on establishing governance platforms

02:17and mechanisms for effectively monitoring and evaluating road safety interventions across

02:23these 10 areas.

02:25As we near the end of this first Action Plan, it is time to review our progress, refine

02:31our strategies and prepare for the next 3-year Plan to reduce road traffic fatalities.

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