The number of traffic accidents and the resulting deaths and injuries in Ho Chi Minh City all recorded a year-on-year increase in the first two months of this year, the city’s Traffic Safety Board has announced.

Specifically, 759 traffic accidents happened in the period, killing 138 people and wounding 686 others, Nguyen Ngoc Tuong, deputy head of the board, said at a meeting with the Legislation Board under the local People’s Council and the Department of Transport on Tuesday.

Compared to the same period last year, the number of accidents in the two-month span was higher by four, while the death toll and the number of injured people were also higher by six and eight respectively.

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