EghtesadOnline: Road fatalities and injuries in Iran are estimated to cause economic losses constituting 4% of the country’s gross domestic product, the managing director of Road Safety Supporters Society, Nasser Razaqmanesh, said on Saturday.

EghtesadOnline: The number of deaths in road accidents during Norouz, the Iranian New Year holiday season (March 21-April 2), fortunately dropped compared with the same period of last year.

EghtesadOnline: One of the reasons behind road accidents in Iran is the declining budget of the Islamic Republic of Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization–the executive arm of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, the spokesperson of Majlis Development Commission, Sodeif Badri, said.

EghtesadOnline: Over the past 11 years, 34% of those who lost their lives in road accidents in Iran, constituting 70,056 victims, died in SAIPA’s small city car, Pride.