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Vietnam

Motorcyclists cause of accidents

Motorcyclists accounted for 67.7 percent of road accidents in the first quarter of 2015 in Vietnam, the National Traffic Safety Committee said on Tuesday. Car drivers accounted for nearly 26.3 percent of accidents. During the three-month period, 5,850 traffic accidents occurred in the country, killing 2,345 people and injuring nearly 5,500 others.