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Highway accident death tolls arouse public concern ( 2003-11-29 14:45) (Xinhua) China witnesses a large number of deaths caused by highway accidents every year, which has aroused great concern among the public. In the first 10 months of this year, the number of highway accidents was 566,000, with a death toll of 85,600, according to the Ministry of Public Security. Last year, 770,000 highway accidents occurred across the country, claiming 109,000 lives. The ministry has called for greater attention to be paid to the huge number of highway accidents and deaths, noting that China has become one of the countries with the highest number of highway accidents in the world. The number of vehicles running on Chinese highways accounts for a mere 1.9 percent of the world's total, but the number of highway deaths is 15 percent of the total, according to official figures. Beginning in 2004, the Ministry of Communications plans to launch a major highway safety promotion program, by rebuilding or improving roads with poor traffic conditions and safety flaws. Cuurently, local highway authorities are investigating road conditions, and trying to find out all the hidden dangers along 300,000 kilometers of poor highways. The length of China's highways totals 1,758,000 kilomters, including 25,000 kilometers of expressways.
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