TOKYO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — The variety of site visitors accident deaths in Japan rose 2.1 p.c year-on-year to 1,182 within the first half (H1) of 2023, latest police information has proven.
This marked the primary improve in a decade for the January-June interval, the National Police Agency (NPA) mentioned in a web-based report, noting month-to-month fatalities elevated in January and March in comparison with the earlier 12 months.
Of the 1,182 complete individuals who died, 417 had been strolling, 402 had been driving in a automotive, 212 had been on a motorbike and 143 had been on a bicycle, with will increase in deaths logged amongst bike riders, pedestrians, and people in automobiles.
The report identified that the variety of bicycle-related deadly accidents in H1 was on the decline, however about 80 p.c of which concerned violations of legal guidelines by bicycles.
Helmet utilization charge within the accidents rose 2.1 proportion factors year-on-year to 12.2 p.c. Under the nation’s revised highway site visitors regulation, cyclists throughout all age teams in Japan have been urged to put on helmets since April.
Of all of the deadly site visitors accidents in H1, the variety of deaths brought on by aged drivers aged 75 and over totaled 179 circumstances, a rise of 10.5 p.c in comparison with the identical interval of the earlier 12 months, the NPA information confirmed.
Analysts right here believed that one of many causes behind the rise is a rise within the inhabitants of individuals aged 75 or over with driver’s licenses. Those born between 1947 and 1949, or the primary child boomers, have began to succeed in 75.
During the six-month interval, the variety of site visitors accidents rose by 3,956 to 146,943. There had been 1,149 incidents during which at the very least one individual died.