Road safety to be stepped up, Cambodia tells UN

TRAFFIC accidents remain a leading cause of injury and death in Cambodia, with collisions leaving five dead and 10 injured on an average day nationwide, Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol told a major UN conference.

Chanthol, who is also National Road Safety Committee (NRSC) vice-president, attended the High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on Global Road Safety at the UN’s headquarters in New York on June 30 and July 1, held under the overall theme “The 2030 horizon for road safety: securing a decade of action and delivery”.