The month of August, which also marks the month with the largest tourist flow in the country, seems to have also marked a higher number of accidents. The data of the Institute of Statistics show an increase of 7.3% compared to the same period of the previous year. "In August 2023, there were 117 road accidents out of 109 that occurred in August 2022. The number of road accidents has increased by 7,3%. The number of accident victims (killed and injured) is 180 people out of 152 in August 2022" , evaluates INSTAT.
Road accidents, according to the publication, in 96,6% of cases, occurred as a result of the driver's behavior, while the highest number of accidents in this period was committed by the 35-44 age group, accounting for 22,2, XNUMX% of the total number of accidents.
"Accidents in this age group have increased by 30,0%, compared to the same period a year ago. In the month of August 2023, the highest number of road accidents occurred on Monday with 17,9%, while the lowest number of accidents occurred on Sunday with 10,3%.
In the month of August 2023, 23,9% of road accidents occurred during the time frame 19:00-24:00. In the eighth month of 2023, 770 road accidents are counted from 795 accidents, which occurred in the same period of the previous year. The number of road accidents decreased by 3,1%.
The number of accident victims is 1.067 people from 1.123 accident victims in the same period of the previous year. Road accidents, in 12,2% of cases, occurred as a result of pedestrian behavior. The number of accidents according to pedestrian behavior for the eight-month period decreased by 5,1%", estimates INSTAT./Monitor
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