Iran road deaths climbed significantly over the past twelve months. Official regional reports highlight severe national highway safety challenges. The domestic Legal Medicine Organization released updated figures. They show that transit accidents claimed more than nineteen thousand five hundred lives during the last calendar cycle. This represents a slight increase compared with the nineteen thousand four hundred thirty-five casualties recorded in the previous year.
This worsening trend places the country among the most hazardous places for motorists and pedestrians. Analysts describe the figures as deeply concerning. The national population is around ninety million. Iran’s annual road deaths are comparable to those of the European Union, which recorded nineteen thousand four hundred fatalities. However, the European Union has a population of about four hundred fifty million. It also achieved a three percent reduction in road casualties.
Neighboring Turkey recorded about six thousand road deaths. Its population is similar, at roughly eighty-eight million. The forensic authority reported that men accounted for fifteen thousand six hundred sixty of the victims. Women made up three thousand eight hundred eighty fatalities during the same period.
The highest numbers of road deaths were recorded in Tehran, Fars, and Sistan and Baluchestan provinces. These regions reported one thousand five hundred sixty-five, one thousand five hundred forty-three, and one thousand three hundred ninety deaths respectively. In contrast, Ilam, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, and Qom recorded the lowest figures.
Data shows that thirteen thousand three hundred eighty-two deaths occurred on intercity highways. Medical officials also reported a slight improvement in injury cases. Injuries fell by zero point seven percent. In total, hospitals treated three hundred seventy-eight thousand seven hundred twenty-nine injured people.
Researchers link the high fatality rate to poor vehicle manufacturing standards. They also point to deteriorating road infrastructure. Experts say major investment in highways is necessary. They argue this is essential to re