PETALING JAYA: Some 50 suggestions to improve road safety along the Karak and Genting Sempah stretches have failed to stem the tide of accidents, much to the dismay of the authorities.

These proposals made after the last Genting bus crash were gradually being implemented, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong, but accidents were still happening.

Fourteen people were injured after a tour bus overturned at the 31st kilometre of the Karak Highway bound for Kuala Lumpur on National Day.

“We are quite perturbed by the rate of accidents happening on these roads,” said Liow after a meet-and-greet session hosted by The International Malaysian Society of Maritime Law (IMSML) yesterday.

Previously, 37 passengers were killed in the country’s worst road tragedy, after a bus carrying 53 plunged into a 60m ravine near Genting Highlands on Aug 21, 2013.

Liow said more remedial measures might be needed and the Malaysia Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) would look into this.

He said speed limits were certainly important although it was too soon to say if speed was a factor in the latest case, adding that investigations were underway.

Action would be taken against the company and the driver if they were found responsible for the accident, he said.

Some of the victims are in intensive care.

“I am calling all quarters to help, we have to reduce the rate of accidents in Malaysia which are too high,” he said.

Separately, Liow said MH370 investigators were determining if the latest debris found in Mozambique was from a Boeing 777.

“If confirmed, Malaysian authorities will take the aircraft part for further investigations,” he said.

During his address, Liow said five outdated maritime-related Acts were being reviewed to align them with international law.

Liow said he wanted IMSML, which included maritime experts, to review and provide input to the Government on the proposed amendments.

-The STAR-