BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The number of people licensed to drive cars in China has exceeded 200 million, an increase of 26.47 million year on year, according to the Ministry of Public Security statistics on Wednesday.
The statistics showed that there were 240 million automobiles on the roads by the end of 2012, and a total of 260 million license holders of all types of vehicles, including motorcycles.
Meanwhile, the number of road accidents involving deaths or injuries dropped by 3.1 percent in 2012, and the death toll by 3.8 percent. The number of accidents claiming more than three lives decreased by 15 percent.
There were 25 severe road accidents in 2012, two fewer than in 2011.Eight of the accidents last year took place on expressways and seven in the countryside.
The ministry said the number of deaths on countryside roads increased by 13.9 percent year on year.
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