The general directorate of police traffic said that since the beginning of 1402 (solar year), nearly 400 people have died and over 900 others have been injured in more than six hundred traffic incidents throughout the country.
According to the figures of the directorate, 13 children and 57 women died in these events.
“About 615 traffic accidents have occurred throughout Afghanistan, including 280 traffic accidents that have resulted in deaths and about 318 traffic accidents that have injured people,” said Abdul Wodod Khairkhwa, manager of planning and policy of the directorate.
However, some drivers believe that the cause of traffic incidents is the destruction of highways and they asked the current government to pay attention to the construction of highways.
“On the west route, there are no longer any signs of the road — some of the roads have been flooded and others have been destroyed by mines,” said Shireen, a driver.
“The roads are terrible, and a lot of drivers disobey the law,” said Marouf, another driver.
The incidence of traffic incidents, according to some passengers, has grown as a result of drivers’ negligence and disregard for the law.
“I came here from Nimroz in 20 hours, the road is very bad, drivers are also careless,” said Suhrab, a passenger.
Nearly 2,000 traffic incidents happened nationwide in the solar year 1401, according to information from the general directorate of police traffic.
