High portion of road accident victims from poor strata

Young journalists club

News ID: 5514
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 16:21 - 16 November 2014
Tehran, YJC. Minister of Roads and Urban Development advisor Said Moayedfar says families struck by road disasters are mainly from down the economic scale.

They come from poor families mostly and the accident only worsens their economic status, which itself is a cause to growing social damages.

Moayedfar made the statements while attending a ceremony held in the memory of road accident victims, attended by the minister of road and urban development, minister of health and medical education, and organized by activists.

The third Sunday of November is held internationally as a commemoration of road victims each year.

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