On the afternoon of January 1, a representative of the Traffic Police Department (Ministry of Public Security) said that during the 3-day New Year holiday (from December 30, 2023 to January 1, 2024), there were 155 traffic accidents nationwide, killing 56 people and injuring 131 people. Of which, 152 road accidents occurred, killing 54 people and injuring 130 people; 3 railway accidents occurred, killing 2 people.

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Police Force 141 of Hanoi City Police on duty on the night of December 31

Traffic police of various units and localities handled 25,598 violations; imposed fines of VND58 billion 178 million; detained 315 cars, 9,594 motorbikes, and 105 other vehicles. At the same time, revoked 5,269 driving licenses of all types.

It is worth mentioning that there were 7,570 violations of alcohol concentration; 35 violations of drugs; 5,103 violations of speed; 354 ​​cases of vehicle body extensions, oversize, and overloading...
Through the monitoring and surveillance system of the Highway Traffic Control Patrol Teams (Traffic Police Department), 409 cases were detected and handled.

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Many cases of alcohol concentration violations are handled

Typically, in Bac Giang, the City Police detained NTT (born in 1984, residing in Hoang Mai district, Hanoi) to investigate the act of resisting a law enforcement officer when being tested for alcohol concentration.

According to documents from the authorities, at around 8:00 p.m. on December 31, 2023, the Bac Giang City Traffic Police Team on duty on Hoang Hoa Tham Street (section through Song Mai Commune) signaled to stop a pickup truck with license plate 29K - 055.XX traveling in the direction of Bac Giang City - Tan Yen District for inspection.

Driver T. did not comply and turned around to run away. The task force mobilized vehicles to chase after him. The pickup truck driver recklessly crashed into the police car and continued to resist. After being stopped, the driver refused to get out of the car to work, forcing the police to break the window and restrain him.

Through alcohol concentration test, driver T. violated at 0.595 mg/L of breath.

Bac Giang City Police have drawn up a report, arrested the offender red-handed and detained NTT for resisting a person on duty. At the same time, they continue to verify and clarify the incident.

The male driver admitted to being mentally ill to avoid alcohol testing on New Year's Eve . When asked by the Special Task Force of the Nam Tu Liem District Police and Road Traffic Police Team No. 6 (Traffic Police Department of Hanoi Police) to test his alcohol level, the male driver admitted to being mentally ill.