9,300 Die in H1 Road Mishaps

Data released by the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization present a picture of road fatalities, showing that during the first half of the current Iranian year (started March 21), 9,360 lives have been claimed, almost equal to the figure in the year-ago period.
LMO charts show the fatality rate has seen a 0.1% rise compared to the first half of last year with 9,352 reported road deaths.
The organization said on its website that the death rate on urban roads increased by 2.7%, with 2,246 killed during the period, compared to 2,186 in the previous year.