KUALA LUMPUR: Preliminary police data have shown a significant drop in fatal accidents involving heavy vehicles, down from 260 in 2024 to 163 last year. Transport Minister Anthony Loke (pic) said statistics from the Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) showed an encouraging downward trend in fatalities involving lorries, trailers and heavy goods vehicles. “These statistics cover accidents involving heavy vehicles, regardless of whether the vehicle was the primary cause of it or merely involved in the crash,” he said in a parliamentary written reply. Loke said the decline in accidents served as an early indicator that stricter enforcement measures on heavy vehicle safety compliance, had contributed to reducing the risk of fatal accidents. The minister explained that JPJ’s enforcement against overloaded lorries did not involve the introduction of new policies.

Source: The Star January 23, 2026 11:50 UTC