Jan-Aug 2019: 3,764 road accidents reported
3,764 road accidents saw 314 killed between January and August 2019. Photo by Facebook user El Ene.
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3,764 road accidents have been reported in Georgia between January and August 2019, with 314 killed and 5,212 injured, the Georgian Interior Ministry said.
Of the 314 deceased, 14 were minors (under 16), while 579 other minors received injuries.
Violation of traffic rules, exceeding the speed limit and driving under the influence of alcohol were reported as top reasons of accidents.
The ministry says that compared to the same period of the last year the number of road accidents has decreased. However, the number of victims is higher.
1,820 of 3,764 road accidents took place in Tbilisi.
4,196 road accidents were reported in Georgia between January and August of 2018, with 307 killed and 5,989 injured.
In the same period of 2017 1,926 road accidents were reported, with 62 killed and 2,405 injured.
Tbilisi residents awoke to a strange sight on the roads today: destroyed cars mounted upside down on posts at several locations across the city.
An early warning system in the Black Sea port town of Poti has been installed, announces Georgian Air Navigation of the Ministry of Economy.
Three hundred smart cameras will be installed over bus lines and bicycle tracks in Tbilisi to record violations and control the speed of vehicles.
6,608 individuals have been killed and up to 85,946 received injuries in Georgia in road accidents over the past ten years, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia says.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs is launching the second stage of its road safety campaign “For more Life” starting today, said Georgian Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Nino Javakhadze today.
22,590 pedestrians have been fined in Tbilisi between January and September 2019 for violating traffic rules while the figure was 12,685 in the same period of last year, the Georgian Interior Ministry told IPN news agency.