The Ministry of Public Security on Wednesday promised increased checks on traffic safety across the country following a string of road accidents in March.
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The national inspection will be targeted at driver violations including running red lights, drunk driving and speeding, the ministry said in a statement.
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Police will tighten checks on accident-prone vehicles such as coaches, school buses and vehicles loaded with dangerous chemicals, and crack down on refitted vehicles.
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On March 1, two tankers loaded with methanol, a poisonous and flammable liquid often used as a fuel, crashed into each other in a highway tunnel in north China's Shanxi Province, with the collision and resulting explosion killing 31 people, and leaving nine others missing.
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Early on Tuesday, 15 people died and 56 others were injured in a pileup on an expressway in Chongqing Municipality.