Day 4: 80 deaths, 709 injuries
More checkpoints, screening among preventive measures
Eighty people were killed and 709 injured in road accidents nationwide on Friday, bringing the total over the past four days of a road safety campaign to 267 deaths and 2,362 injuries.
A total of 713 accidents were reported on the first day of 2021, according to the Road Safety Directing Centre under the supervision of the Interior Ministry.
Authorities said they had stepped up measures to deal with a rise in traffic during the New Year holiday. More checkpoints were set up to check drivers…
