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Even as the health emergency has led to a reduction in traffic volumes on the country's roads, a commemorative event to remember the victims of road accidents has acknowledged that Indonesia needs to do more in enforcement and awareness for road safety.
On the tarmac of a dark Hanoi street, motorbike taxi driver Pham Quoc Viet mops the bloodied knee of a fellow rider, one of the hundreds of traffic victims he's tended to in the chaotically congested Vietnamese capital.
As Asia starts to assess the damage caused by the pandemic, some countries are realizing there have been unforeseen benefits. Vietnam's nationwide isolation has seen a drop in crime, Hong Kong has hailed an early end to its annual flu season -- and now, Thailand is seeing a much-needed win in road safety.
According to the 2019 Book of Traffic Portraits in Indonesia, 73.49 percent of a total of 196,457 traffic accidents identified in 2018 involved motorbikes — a far greater ratio than accidents involving other types of vehicles.
