Over 17,000 Killed in Road Mishaps Last Fiscal Year

Data released by the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization present a worrisome picture of road fatalities. 
Over 17,000 people lost their lives in road mishaps in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2019). The death rate is 1.2% higher compared to the year before. 
A comparative look at ILMO’s charts shows that during the period under review, 17,183 people lost their lives in road accidents across the country. The figure was 16,984 in the year before.