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...
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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...
Harsh penalties for driving offences not enough on their own – study
A study by the University of Cyprus law department into how to reduce road accidents concludes that extrajudicial penalties should be harsher but said this...
Our View: Speed cameras should be a top priority
NICOSIA district court yesterday sentenced a young man to a year in prison for causing the death of another young man, three years ago, through...
Drivers arrested for causing accidents while under the influence of alcohol
Traffic police in Limassol were kept busy overnight with two accidents involving drivers with alcohol levels exceeding the legal limit. Called to an accident at...
Cyprus showed biggest increase in roads deaths in 2015
CYPRUS topped the charts for the biggest increase in the number of road deaths in the EU in 2015 according to the 10th Road...
Fewer road accidents but more dead
Although there were fewer road accidents in 2015, more people have died because of them, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Tuesday while he added...
Almost 35,000 injured in road accidents since 2000
By Annette Chrysostomou DURING the past 15 years 34,826 people were severely or lightly injured in road accidents in Cyprus, according to the chairman of...
NGO aims for ‘zero deaths’ during holiday period
By Annette Chrysostomou FROM 2010 to 2014, a total of 271 people were killed in road accidents, of which 28 per cent were under 25...
Authorities mull 10-year sentence for road deaths caused by drink and drug drivers
By Andria Kades A draft bill providing a 10-year sentence for those who cause death by driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol is...
Cyprus marks remembrance day for road victims
Ninety two National Guardsmen have died on the island’s roads since 1996, according to road safety group REACTION. The NGO’s head Marios Stavrou said 1999...
Forty five people died on the roads so far this year
So far this year 45 people have died in road accidents and while drivers continue to speed, measures to reduce the accidents is moving at...
Drink-drive campaign results significantly better than last year
Nearly eight out of ten drivers who took part in a voluntary road safety campaign islandwide on Saturday night to highlight the dangers of drink...
July worst month this year for road fatalities
July was the worst month this year in terms of road fatalities with nine deaths in nine separate accidents, NGO Reaction said on Tuesday. Thirty...
Traffic laws need better enforcement
My wife and I were involved in accident reported in your newspaper last week ‘Swiss tourist injured on quad bike’. This Swiss young tourist collided head on...
Project looks into use of tech in averting road accidents
A three-year research project title ‘Road Safety in real time’ that aims to investigate technologies, systems and practices designed to prevent and reduce road accidents...
Increase in serious road injuries
Cyprus recorded a small rise in road deaths last year, according to an EU report on transport safety, but serious injuries spiked by 14.7 per...
Over 80 per cent of those killed on the roads are men
MORE than 80 per cent of those killed on the roads are men, data published on Thursday said at the start of a national road...