The drop-off point was a bad choice 😥. This shows a Chinese man making his way home with a textbook-perfect drunken stagger—right up until the moment he is run over and crushed by a trailer.
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Drunk-driving accident in China: Parties involved also found negligent
Footage of intoxicated individuals getting into accidents is not uncommon, a phenomenon rooted in China’s unique traffic conditions and legal system. According to World Health Organization estimates, traffic fatalities in China total approximately 260,000 annually—averaging over 700 per day—with “vulnerable road users” (such as pedestrians, cyclists, and riders of two-wheeled vehicles) accounting for about 60% of these deaths.
A specific incident occurred in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, in December 2019, when a man riding an electric bicycle while intoxicated fell onto the road and was successively run over by three following vehicles, resulting in his death. In 2020, a local court ruled that the victim bore 20% of the liability for failing to observe traffic rules due to intoxication; the court apportioned the remaining liability among the three drivers at 35%, 35%, and 10% respectively, and ordered a total compensation payment of approximately 970,000 yuan.
China’s Road Traffic Safety Law stipulates that a vehicle’s liability for damages may be reduced if the pedestrian is found to be at fault. Legal commentaries have noted a tendency for the victim to be assigned a degree of fault equal to or greater than that of the driver in accidents involving “intoxicated walking” (zuixing)—cases where an intoxicated person is walking on the road.
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