BERA, March 13 — Youths accounted for almost 50 per cent of the 14,308 road accident death cases recorded in two years from 2019, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today.
He said road accident was among the main cause of deaths in the country with an average of 4,769 lives lost each year during the period and the high youth figure is a major challenge for enforcers to curb the trend.
"Youths have a bright future and are needed by the nation but they were the most affected group. Driving licence should help us facilitate movement especially to find a living. We hope those who obtained it would be disciplined when riding their motorcycles,” he said.
Ismail Sabri was speaking at the Malaysian Family Driving Licence Aid Programme (BLKM) at the Bera Rakan Muda Complex here today.
Also present were Road Transport Department (RTD) director-general Datuk Zailani Hashim and Pahang Public Works, Transport and Health Committee chairman Datuk Seri Norolazali Sulaiman.
To curb the road accident death rate, Ismail Sabri said RTD should have more advocacy and engagement programmes in line with the desire of the government to bring down road accident fatalities by 50 per cent by 2030.
— Bernama
