INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
2022), which shows an increase of 9 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Legal Medicine Organization.Of the total
casualties of the accidents, 13,467 were men and 3,311 were women.In the aforementioned period, the highest casualty rates were related to
the provinces of Fars, Tehran, and Sistan-Baluchestan, respectively, and the lowest in Ilam, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, Ardebil, and
Kohgiluyeh-Boyerahmad.According to the World Health Organization, every year the lives of approximately 1.3 million people are cut short as
increased by 14.6 percent compared to the same period last year.One person dies in a road accident every half hour in Iran, taking the
annual death toll to 17,000, the Legal Medicine Organization announced on July 1.According to Majlis [Iranian parliament] Research Center,
the World Health Organization, every year the lives of approximately 1.3 million people are cut short as a result of a road traffic crash
Between 20 and 50 million more people suffer non-fatal injuries, with many incurring a disability as a result of their injury.Road traffic
injuries cause considerable economic losses to individuals, their families, and to nations as a whole
Road traffic crashes cost most countries 3% of their gross domestic product.More than half of all road traffic deaths are among vulnerable
middle-income countries, even though these countries have approximately 60 percent of the world's vehicles.Road traffic injuries are the
leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5-29 years.FB/MG
