YANGON, May 10 (Xinhua) -- A total of 33 people were killed with 196 injured in traffic accidents on Myanmar's Yangon-Mandalay highway in the first four months of 2021, state-run media quoted the Road Transport Administration Department as saying on Monday.
From January to April this year, there were a total of 96 road accident cases reported on Myanmar's busiest highway.
Human errors such as overspeeding, negligent driving, drowsy driving are mostly blamed for highway accidents in the country.
In 2020, there were a total of 412 road accidents on the Yangon-Mandalay highway, killing 84 and injuring 446 others.
The 587-km long highway, connecting the country's commercial city Yangon and the second-largest city of Mandalay, was opened in December 2010. Enditem