Deadly City? Shanghai Posts a 19% Fatality Rate For Traffic Accidents in 2007

There were 9,132 accidents reported in the city in 2007, resulting in 1,699 deaths, the city's safety authorities announced yesterday.

The number of accidents was down 25.7 percent on last year, while the death toll dropped by 5.6 percent compared to 2006.

Traffic accidents were the most common.

Authorities recorded 1,171 traffic accident deaths last year, a drop of 4.9 percent from the previous year



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SteedPub - 2/27/2008 2:33:05 PM

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Sadly, it does play into a certain stereotype about Asian drivers.

Agent009 - 2/27/2008 3:22:37 PM

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says more about developing economies and lack of proper training than any demographic...

zairnaim - 2/27/2008 4:05:22 PM

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I'm guessing it has something to do with the tin cans they sell there. (Chinese cars)

Lemantech - 2/28/2008 5:17:03 PM

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ricealot, that was a rather ignorant comment.

Porschinator - 2/27/2008 5:29:08 PM

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Not sure about the Driving while Asian theory but I would definitely focus on the Driver License Requirements and Road Safety measures the Gov't has in place.

VISO - 2/28/2008 6:22:16 PM

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I am more curious over the picture in this blog. Where is this and what the heck are all those buses doing?