Traffic accidents increased by 64.9% in 2013 in Kazakhstan
12:26, 20 January 2014
ASTANA. January 20. KAZINFORM The rate of road accidents grew last year by 64.9%, the press service of the legal statistics committee of the Kazakh General Prosecutor's Office informs.
23 359 traffic accidents were registered for the past 12 months against 14 168 recorded during the same period of 2012. Almaty takes the lead in the car accidents up to 6 872 against 2 467 in 2012, then comes South Kazakhstan up to 3 839, Almaty region - 1 872, Zhambyl - 1 627 and East Kazakhstan - 1 579.
Traffic accidents claimed the lives of more than 3 000 people, 29 000 got injuries.