Over 770 road deaths in seven months

by S.M. Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Cor.

Around 11,773 road accidents have been reported countrywide and 776 persons died due to road accidents during the past seven months, according to the Ministry of Transport Services in its latest newsletter.

The reasons adduced for the accidents are due to motorcyclists not wearing helmets, drivers not wearing seat belts, overspeeding, drunken driving and the carelessness of drivers.

Some drivers don't follow road rules and road signals. Last year 37,877 road accidents had been reported islandwide and around 2362 people had died as a result of these accidents", said Director of Education W.M. Balasooriya at an education program in Kurunegala to educate the school community on " Prevention of road accidents".