Over 2,300 fatal accidents, 2,485 deaths in 2022 | Daily News

Over 2,300 fatal accidents, 2,485 deaths in 2022

In 2022, from 19,740 road accidents reported in Sri Lanka, 2,371 are fatal accidents, according to the annual data reports of the Police Media Unit.  

According to data, majority of them serious injuries and deaths have happened due to motorcycle accidents and the number of people who died last year due to all accidents is 2,485.

The number of deaths due to motorcycle accidents is 806 and 5,133 have become disabled due to motorcycle accidents.

The highest number of accidents have been recorded in the Western province. Police Media Spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police Nihal Thalduwa said that most of the incidents are due to driving or riding at high speed.

 


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