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...
road accidents
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...
Police urge motorists to look out for elderly pedestrians after two accidents
After two accidents involving elderly pedestrians on Tuesday Limassol police chief Ioannis Soteriades cautioned drivers to be careful, especially in the Easter period, when the...
Traffic deaths fell by 19.3 per cent in 2016
The death toll from road accidents reduced in Cyprus during 2016 by 19.3 per cent, according to the 11th Road Safety Performance Index Report of the...
Call for tougher sentences for drivers
Sweeping changes that would include stiffer fines and harsher sentencing for wayward drivers, including slashing the points’ ceiling from 12 to 6, could be in...
