450 killed, 6,640 injured in road accidents in 2020 in Georgia
The Ministry of Internal Affairs recorded 4,999 road accidents in 2020 in Georgia, while the number of the accidents were 5,839 in 2019 throughout the country. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports that 450 individuals were killed and 6,640 were injured in road accidents in 2020 in Georgia.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs recorded 4,999 road accidents in 2020 in Georgia, while the number of the accidents were 5,839 in 2019 throughout the country.
The MIA also reports that 481 individuals were killed and 7,921 were injured in road accidents in 2019.
The MIA recorded 4,999 road accidents in 2020 in Georgia, while the number of the accidents were 5,839 in 2019 throughout the country.
From March 31 to May 23 (2020), due to the Covid-19 pandemic a curfew was in effect in Georgia and citizens were not allowed on the streets from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. (except for individuals with special permits). Restrictions on movement were placed from November 9 in big cities from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., which was later changed and the movement was prohibited from 21:00 to 05:00 and the restrictions are currently in place in the country.
The Head of the Alliance for Safe Roads Eka Laliashvili says that the reduction in road accidents and the number of deaths and injuries is the result of the existing restrictions, though given the sharp decrease in mobility, the number of deaths and injuries should have been much more than it is now.
Laliashvili says the number of road accidents and the death rate is still high in Georgia.
A bill put forward to the Georgian parliament proposes to identify dangerous parts on Georgian highways with black dots.
Six individuals have died and 10 others were injured in a road accident near Gori, central Georgia late yesterday after a minibus and a truck collided.All the individuals in the minibus had come to the capital of Tbilisi from western Samegrelo region earlier in the day to attend the rally of the United National Movement (UNM) opposition rally. They were returning back to the region late yesterday when the accident took place.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has reported that 12 people have died and three others have been badly injured in a road accident close to the village of Biso, Dusheti municipality. An investigation into the accident has been launched.
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.