By Kounila Keo
Cambodian student Chhin Sothea found out the hard way that it's not enough just to take care when crossing the street in Phnom Penh - a motorcycle hit him from behind as he strolled down the pavement.
He said: "Now I keep an eye on street traffic all the time and when I get on a fast motorbike, my stomach turns."
Stories like Chhin's are common in Cambodia, a rapidly developing country where traffic deaths have more than doubled over the past five years, becoming the second-biggest killer after Aids.
Sem Panhavuth from Handicap International said: "The construction of smoother roads, an ever-increasing number of cars and motorbikes, and bold but often uneducated drivers will become a deadly mix in years to come.
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