Sunday 02nd January, 11:58 AM JST
TOKYO —
The road traffic death toll in Japan during 2010 was 4,863, down 51, or 1%, from the previous year and marking the 10th straight year of decline, the National Police Agency said Sunday.
The figure, which fell below 5,000 in 2009 for the first time since 1952, decreased further last year owing to factors such as a rise in seat belt usage and a decline in the number of accidents caused by gross negligence such as drunk driving, the agency said.
The number of road traffic accidents during 2010 totaled 724,811, while the number of people injured in them stood at 894,281, both falling for a sixth consecutive year, according to the agency’s preliminary data.
By prefecture, Hokkaido and Tokyo had the largest number of traffic deaths last year at 215 each.
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