Driving deaths down from 2023: report

PROS/CONS: Alcohol-related deaths are down sharply from a few years ago, but drug driving deaths, while limited overall, are increasing fast this year, officials said By Shelley Shan / Staff Reporter Add TT as Preferred Source The nation has seen a significant increase of drug-impaired driving fatalities from January to May, despite overall improvement of all major road safety indicators, Ministry of Transportation and Communications data released yesterday showed.The ministry released the road safety data recorded nationwide in a news conference in Taipei. It showed that 1,122 people died within 30 days after car crashes during the five-month period, down 14.28 percent from the same period in 2023. The most significant declines were drunk driving-related deaths and deaths of children and