Road Casualty Declines Amid Curbs on Pandemic Mobility

Iran’s road accident death count has declined by 14% in the eight months ending Nov. 20, as Covid-19 has curbed road travels. 
Data released by the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization reveal that 10,775 people died in road accidents during the period. Figures show a 13.96% decline compared with the corresponding time of last year, during which 12,523 individuals died in road accidents.
According to the report, men account for 8,832 mortalities and the remaining 1,943 were women. 
LMO’s charts indicate that the southern province of Fars tops the provinces with 821 traffic-related deaths, followed by Tehran Province with 796 and Isfahan with 709 lost lives. 
A closer review of numbers demonstrates that the road fatality rate in Fars was down 13.85% compared with the period last year, dropping from 953 to 821. 
Similarly, figures in Tehran show a 9.55% decline, from 880 road deaths reported last year to 796. The death rate in Isfahan registered a 16.39% decline, from 848 a year ago to 709.