Death of 178 people in Kathmandu Valley in 11 months

Kathmandu: One hundred seventy-eight people have died in road accidents in the Kathmandu Valley.

One hundred seventy-eight people were killed in a total of 9,683 road accidents in the Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur districts) as of June 15, 2023, of the current fiscal year, 2022/23, according to the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office.

Similarly, 242 people were seriously injured, and 7,363 sustained minor injuries from that many accidents in the Valley. Ninety-three of them died in motorcycle and scooter accidents, and 56 were pedestrians.

More than half of the deceased (35 men and 43 women) were of the 17-35 age group. Negligence of the drivers, over-speeding, drink-driving, overtaking, bad weather, and other technical problems have been blamed for the accidents.

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