Traffic accidents killed about 1045 persons and wounded about 5197 including 3,000 persons seriously wounded during the first half of 2012, official statistics cited.
According to statistics posted by the Interior Ministry, 3597 traffic ancients occurred from January to June across various Yemeni governorates.
Material loses caused by the accidents amounted YR1 billion in this period, the statistics said.
The statistics attributed the causes of traffic accidents to high-speeding, carelessness of drivers and pedestrians, the lack usage of cars seat belts during driving, chewing Qat, using cell-phones while driving, rains and other reasons.
Official statistics had revealed that Yemen has witnessed 125,773 traffic accidents in different governorates the period of the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2009.
Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry said that about 632 civilians were killed and injured in gun accidents in the first half of 2012, affirming that the death cases amounted 102.
The weapons used in the accidents included machine guns, firearms and grenades, they added.
Though Yemenis live on less than two dollars a day, Yemen has the second most heavily armed population in the world, unofficial statistics say.
An average civilian casualty rate of about 4000 people per year due to gun violence, the statics say.
Yemen's interior ministry estimates there are about 60 million firearms in Yemen, or about three for every citizen. State efforts to take weapons out of peoples' hands have been unsuccessful.
The Interior Ministry has recently launched a anti-weapon campaign in which it focused on combating gun spread and carrying in main cities.