CAMBODIA: Traffic deaths soar on rapid urbanisation

Photo: Geoffrey Cain/IRIN During rush hour, cars and motorbikes cram the streets of the capital, Phnom PenhPHNOM PENH, 8 September 2008 (IRIN) - Rapid development and booming urbanisation have led to a doubling in traffic fatalities in the past five years, to 4.2 deaths per day in 2007, according to a government report. (See also: THAILAND: Medical emergency teams thwarted by dense Bangkok