Hanoi, May 4 -- A total of 177 traffic accidents were recorded across Vietnam during the four-day Reunification Day and May Day holiday from April 30 to May 3, leaving 95 people dead and 114 others injured, according to the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security.

The figures represented a year-on-year decline of 72 accidents, 35 fatalities and 65 injuries compared with the same holiday period in 2025.

Road accidents continued to account for the overwhelming majority of incidents. A total of 176 road crashes killed 94 people and injured 114 others, down 71 cases, 35 deaths and 41 injuries from a year earlier.

Railways recorded one accident that left one person dead. While the number of incidents and injuries rem...