Government and Policy

Police tighten road traffic checks

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-02 02:53

BEIJING: China's Ministry of Public Security Tuesday launched a month-long campaign to reinforce road traffic checks in light of rising road accidents in November.

The ministry's traffic bureau announced that police nationwide would intensify road patrols and "strictly" check overload, speeding, and drink driving or driver fatigue.

China saw an increase of fatal road accidents in November and 40 percent of the accidents with more than three deaths were caused by problematic driving, according to the ministry.

No exact November death toll is immediately available, but an accident at the northeast Heilongjiang Province on November 22 alone left 37 dead or injured.

The recent large-scale fog also contributed to the rise of accidents.

The ministry asked local traffic control authorities to publicize standard driving habits and educate drivers with the examples of "bloody accidents."

By the end of November, the number of accidents with more than three deaths in China had been at the same level of last year, but accidents with more than five deaths had increased by 11 cases.