Some 8,462 road accidents, resulting in the death of 1,167 people and injuries to 10,837 people were recorded during the six months of 2013, Committee of Traffic Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan reported.

“In comparison with the same period of the last year the number of road accidents raised by 49 percent, and the number of the killed and injured in these accidents rose by five and 59 percent respectively,” the Committee’s report released on Monday said.