Serious accidents on the increase

Twenty-seven serious traffic accidents have taken place in the country so far this year, exceeding the total number for the whole year last year, the national transportation authority said yesterday.

Wang Jinbiao, deputy director of the traffic administrative department under the Ministry of Public Security, said the government will take a tougher stance against bus and truck drivers, cause of most of the accidents.

Up to yesterday the number of accidents defined as serious, in which more than 10 people are killed in any one accident, was 27.