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2019-09-07 19:50
IRCS rescues over 37,000 from death during summer
TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has rescued 37,536 individuals in natural disasters or accidents happened due to human errors since the beginning of summer (June 22), within the framework of the national rescue and relief scheme, IRCS director Morteza Salimi has said.
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2019-09-03 21:58
81% of bus drivers responsible for fatal accidents in 2 months
TEHRAN – The number of public transport fleet accidents has increased significantly over the last two months, and 81% of bus drivers were to blame for fatal road crashes, Traffic Police chief has announced.
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2019-08-24 19:55
WHO supports Iran's efforts to reduce road traffic casualties
TEHRAN – Christoph Hamelmann, World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Iran, said that WHO will highly support Iran’s efforts on reducing road fatalities.
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2019-08-21 19:44
‘Traffic-related accidents incurred $480m loss last year’
TEHRAN – Traffic-related accidents brought heavy economic burden amounting to 20 trillion rials (about $480 million) for the country in the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 20), Tehran traffic police chief Teymour Hosseini has said.
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2019-08-17 22:52
IRCS rescues some 29,000 from death in summer
TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has rescued 28,947 individuals from death since the beginning of summer (June 22), within the framework of the national rescue and relief scheme, IRCS director Morteza Salimi has said.
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2019-07-29 20:41
Pedestrians responsible for 26% of road crashes last month
TEHRAN – Pedestrians had a share of 26 percent in urban traffic accidents happened during the Iranian calendar month of Tir (June 22- July 22), Nader Rahmani, a senior traffic police official has said.
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2019-07-23 14:34
Over 4,000 Iranians killed in car crashes within 3 months
TEHRAN – Traffic-related accidents claimed lives of 4,129 Iranians during the past 3 months (April 21-July 22), traffic police chief Seyed Kamal Hadianfar has said.
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2019-05-22 19:33
Children aged 10 and below account for 13% of road fatalities
TEHRAN – Some 13 percent of all casualties of road traffic accidents in the country are children aged 10 or younger, Traffic Police Chief Seyed Kamal Hadianfar has said.
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2019-05-06 20:37
Nearly 3,800 motorcycle riders killed in crashes last year
TEHRAN — Iran’s forensics organization director has said 3,745 motorcycle riders were killed in crashes last year (March 2018-March 2019).
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2019-04-10 09:12
Traffic-related deaths drop by 20% during new year holidays
TEHRAN – Traffic related deaths at the crash scene have decreased by 20 percent during the new year holidays from March 16 to April 6, Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari has said.
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2019-02-20 11:04
Motorcyclists responsible for 63% of accidents in Tehran
TEHRAN – Motorcycle riders are the highest contributors to road fatality being responsible for 63 percent of the accidents happened in the Iranian capital in the first 10 months of the current [Iranian calendar] year (starting on March 21, 2018), head of accidents department of Tehran Traffic Police has said.
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2018-11-22 10:45
Traffic-related deaths in urban areas drop by 6% compared to last year
TEHRAN – Road fatalities caused by traffic accidents occurred in urban areas have dropped by 6 percent during the first six months of the Iranian current calendar year (March 21- September 22) compared to the same period last year, Traffic Police chief said on Tuesday.
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2018-11-18 21:14
Winter traffic scheme to begin in a month
TEHRAN —Winter traffic scheme, aiming to increase road safety during cold weather, will begin on December 13 and end on March 13, Traffic Police chief Taqi Mehri has said.
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2018-07-25 09:06
IRCS saves more than 6,300 from death in accidents
TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has rescued some 6,324 individuals from June 3 to July 21 within the framework of a 100-day national rescue and relief scheme, deputy director for IRCS has said.