TOKYO, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) — The variety of deaths in site visitors accidents throughout Japan in 2024 fell by 15 from the earlier yr to 2,663, marking the third-lowest degree on report, based on the National Police Agency (NPA).
Tokyo led the nation’s 47 prefectures with 146 traffic-related fatalities, adopted by Aichi with 141, and Chiba with 131, whereas Shimane reported the least with 9, the NPA stated Tuesday.
Individuals aged 65 or older accounted for 56.8 % of the deaths, up 47 to 1,513, it added.
The variety of site visitors accidents, in the meantime, decreased by 17,138 to 290,792.
Traffic deaths peaked at 16,765 in 1970. The determine has been on the decline lately, besides in 2023, when it logged the primary rise in eight years after the benefit of pandemic restrictions.
The authorities, which began compiling such site visitors statistics in 1948, has set a aim of reducing annual traffic-related deaths to lower than 2,000 by 2025.