KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 22 -- The Road Transport Department's (JPJ) tougher enforcement against heavy vehicles, including overloaded lorries, since October has helped reduce the number of fatal crashes involving such vehicles.

In a written parliamentary reply, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said preliminary data from the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) recorded 163 fatal accidents last year, compared with 260 the year before.

He explained that the figures showed a positive downward trend, compared with 232 fatal accidents involving heavy vehicles in 2023 and 260 cases in 2024.

"This reduction provides an early indication that strengthened enforcement on heavy-vehicle safety compliance, including load control, has contributed to lowering the r...