Statistics from the Traffic Police Department (Ministry of Public Security) on May 1, nationwide there were 48 traffic accidents, causing 24 deaths and 37 injuries. Compared to the same period in 2025, a decrease of 22 cases, a decrease of 15 deaths and a decrease of 16 injuries.
Road accidents accounted for the majority with 47 cases, causing 23 deaths and 37 injuries (down 22 cases, 15 deaths, 13 injuries). Railway accidents occurred 1 time, causing 1 death (an increase of 1 accident, an increase of 1 death). Waterway accidents did not occur, reducing both the number of cases, the number of deaths and the number of injuries compared to the same period.
Regarding patrol and control work, functional forces discovered 13,760 violations, made records and handled 12,317 cases. Among them, temporarily seized 55 cars, 3,459 motorbikes and 308 other vehicles; revoked the right to use driver's licenses for 415 cases, and deducted points from driver's licenses for nearly 2,000 cases.
The main violations include: Alcohol concentration violations (3,118 cases), speeding (2,905 cases), carrying more people than prescribed (109 cases), using phones while driving (88 cases)... In addition, 3 drug violations were detected.
On highways, traffic police forces inspected and detected 427 violations, made records of 48 cases, and sent violation notices to 379 cases.
In the field of waterways and railways, functional forces also handled 187 and 94 violations respectively.
