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"setting driving standards" Some Maltese Driving StatisticsArticle 1maltatoday newspaper of Feb 2-8, 2001
Shocking
figures reveal that over 1000 accidents per month took place on the Maltese
roads last year (2000). There were 12 fatalities resulting from car crashes
– two less than in 1999 when 14 people died on our roads.
But overall, the number of accidents increased from a staggering
11,461 to 12,654. (These are just reported crashes)
From
the 12,654 crashes recorded, most of them – 11,676 – were not serious,
while 966 led to people sustaining injuries. During 1999, there were 10,507
minor accidents,
The
rising number of accidents has been linked to ever-increasing amount of cars
appearing on the Maltese roads. In fact the number of cars registered almost
doubled during the 1990’s. In 1990, the total of vehicles on the road
stood at 139,000, while by 1999, this figure had risen to 238,333. (Reminder
– Maltese population approx 375,000!)
THINK BEFORE YOU DRIVE! AND THINK WHILST DRIVING!! Article 2The Times of Malta Friday 16th Feb, 2001
Number
of Traffic accidents over the last ten years was 121,113, and the total
fatalities over the same period was, 172. In 1997 there were 16,223
accidents with 20 fatalities. The same number of fatalities was reported
in 1995 when the number of accidents was 12,994. In year 2000 the police
issued 99,226 traffic violations.
There were, on average, more than 34 traffic accidents a day last
year an increase of 10.5% compared to the previous year, figures
released by the Central Office of the Statistics yesterday showed.
The COS said there were 12,654 traffic accidents last year, an increase of 1,198 over the previous year.
The
number of casualties increased by 38 to 1,184. Of these, 925 consisted
of slight injuries (535 males and 390 females). In the 15-24 and 25-39
years age groups, there were 156 and 161 males respectively suffering
slight injuries. The number of injured females in the same age groups
reached 135 and 99 respectively.
The number of accidents in the southeastern region went up by 9.7 per cent to 959 while those in the north western region increased only by one to 2034.
In
Gozo and Comino the number of accidents totaled 157, an increase of 38
cases over the same period last year.
In
the period under review, 149 drivers and 73 pedestrians sustained injuries
as a result of traffic accidents. Of theses, 173 suffered slight injuries
and another 49 sustained grievous or fatal injuries.
NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE! Other general figures 1998 = total 10095 accidents
1999
= total 11456 accidents
1998
= 853 casualties
1999
= 1146 casualties
In the first quarter of 2002, the number of reported
traffic accidents reached 3,307; an increase of 254 or 8.3 per cent over
the same quarter in 2001. In the period under review, the number of
accidents in the South Eastern Region was up by 81, while in the North
Western Region, this increased by 182. In Gozo and Comino, the number of
accidents fell from 145 to 136, a decrease of 6.2 per cent.
In the period under review, 151 drivers sustained injuries as a result of traffic accidents; of these, 122 suffered slight injuries and 29 suffered grievous injuries. During the same quarter, 48 pedestrians and 76 passengers were injured. These 2 categories of casualties both registered decreases over the same quarter in 2001. Slightly-injured persons in the first quarter of 2002 totalled 211; of these 127 were men and 84 were women. The maximum number of slightly-injured men in traffic accidents occurred in the 15-24, 25-39 and 40-59 year age-groups, 43 in the former, and 33 apiece in the latter two age-groups. For women, the age-groups most marked in this respect were the 25-39 and 40-59 year age-groups, to the tune of 23 and 24 respectively. Persons sustaining grievous and fatal injuries totalled 64; 40 were male while 24 were female. There were 2 traffic deaths in this quarter, both men. In the period under review, 61.8 per cent of all traffic casualties were caused by passenger cars compared to 59.9 per cent in the same quarter in 2001. 48 casualties were pedestrians, a decrease of 22.6 per cent in the same variable over the same quarter in 2001. Nearly 30 per cent of all casualties occured in the 15-24 year age group; this marked a decrease in casualties of 8.9 per cent in the same age-group over the same quarter in 2001. NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE! Some information about Drink-Driving issued by The Sedqa Agency:
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while 940 were registered as producing victims with
injuries. Accidents peaked at the same notorious black spots in both years.
The area that registered the highest number of crashes by far was District
Six, which includes Sliema, St Julian’s, St Andrews, and Gzira, followed
by District Eight, which contains Birkirkara, Balzan, and Attard in its
boundaries.
