Record low in road fatalities say traffic authorities
Cyprus this year recorded the lowest number of deaths from road collisions since the start of data-keeping, according to assistant traffic director Haris Evripidou. Close...
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Motorcyclists 14 times more likely to be involved in a fatal collision, Karousos says
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Saturday visited the Daytona karting track in Nicosia, where he participated in motorcycle training seminars organised by the Nicosia Motorcycle...
Grant of up to €500 for purchase of motorcycle airbag
By Andrea Charalambous An incentive plan for the purchase of protective equipment for motorcyclists was approved by the council of ministers on Friday. The subsidy...
Transport minister pledges road safety overhaul
Cyprus’ drive to reduce annual road fatalities to zero will see a near total overhaul of the rules and regulations which are currently enforced, according...
Life, potential death and justice on Cypriot roads
At 2.30 on Thursday afternoon, I was locking my car when a woman in a Mercedes saloon hit me with her left side wing mirror as I was standing right next to...
More than 450 fined for traffic offences in 24 hours
Police fined more than 450 people for various traffic offences in the last 24 hours, as part of efforts to prevent serious and fatal road...
Cyprus has among least safe roads in Europe
Cyprus is near the bottom of European countries when it comes to the number of road fatalities per million inhabitants, according to figures released by...
Over 100 traffic cameras on the way, police chief says
A total of 110 traffic cameras will be installed on the roads, hopefully by 2020, Police Chief Kypros Michaelides said on Saturday, a day after...
Two people seriously injured in separate accidents
Two people were seriously injured in separate road accidents in Ayia Napa and Larnaca in the early hours of Thursday. A 36-year-old man is in...
Call for Karpas donkeys to be corralled
Following the recent increase in traffic accidents caused due to donkeys roaming free in the roads of the Karpas peninsula in the north, an association...
