IN JUNE 2023 ON THE CONTINENT
With the aim of continuously informing and raising citizens’ awareness of road safety issues, aggregated-comparative data concerning traffic accidents and violations for June 2023, in relation to the corresponding period last year, are published.
Car accidents
In the territorial jurisdiction of Epirus there were –10-traffic accidents (against -14-in 2022). In particular, the following were noted:
- no fatal traffic accidents (vs. -2-in 2022)
- -1-traffic accident with serious personal injury as in 2022.
- -9-traffic accidents with minor personal injury (versus -11- in 2022)
Of the traffic accidents that occurred in urban and rural areas of the prefectures, they were recorded in total -14-sufferers (versus –19-the 2022). In particular, they were recorded:
- no one dead (against -2-in 2022)
- -1- seriously injured as in 2022
- -13- slightly injured (against -16– in 2022)
The main causes of traffic accidents, as revealed by the police traffic investigation, were:
- Speeding
- Priority violation
- Traffic in the opposite stream
- Failure to maintain safety distance
- Weather conditions
- Intoxication
Traffic policing actions
In order to prevent traffic accidents, systematic checks were carried out on the road network of Epirus, which had the result of confirming overall 7,315 violations, of which single out the dangerous ones, as they lead directly to the traffic accident or decisively influence its outcome.
Specifically, they confirmed:
1,628 for speeding
376 for not wearing a helmet while driving
315 for not wearing a seat belt while driving
170 for using a mobile phone while driving
125 for movement in the opposite traffic flow/irregular overtaking/irregular manoeuvre
72 for driving under the influence of alcohol (drunkenness)
44 for a red light violation
35 for worn tires
It is also noted that last month (120) violations were confirmed for driving license deprivation, (63) violations concerning uninsured vehicles and (1,271) commercial vehicle violations.
