9-Month Iran Road Death Toll 13,000

Close to 13,000 innocent lives were lost in road accidents during the nine months to Dec. 21, data published by the Coroner's Office shows.
Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO) data show that in the nine-month period (Mar. 21- Dec. 21, 2018), 12,850 road deaths were reported.
Of the total lives lost on the roads, 3,257 were in urban areas. Accidents on inter-city roadways took 8,685 lives during the period and 908 people died in suburban road accidents.