Road toll inches up towards 2020 levels
Car crashes and other related road deaths have claimed the lives of 39 people so far this year, as Cyprus appears to be stuck at...
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Road deaths fell 20% between 2010 and 2020
Road accidents fell 20 per cent between 2010 and 2020 in Cyprus, data released by the statistical service (Cystat) said on Wednesday. According to an infographic on...
Speed and no seatbelts major factors in sobering road accident stats
Cyprus saw over 10,000 road accidents in 12 years with 729 fatalities The majority of fatal traffic accidents’ victims in Cyprus are men, while most...
Correct sentencing in road fatality cases can serve as deterrent
District court judges were back in class this week for a one-day online seminar on how sentencing can serve as an effective deterrent to road...
Despite dramatic fall in traffic, road deaths dropped only marginally in 2020
Despite up to 70 to 80 per cent reduction in road traffic during 2020 due to the lockdowns, road deaths only fell 25 per cent,...
Road deaths up 6.1% in Cyprus
Cyprus ranks 18th in the EU in road deaths, according to the 14th annual Road Safety Performance Report published on Wednesday by the European Transport...
Road death toll rises to 44 after little girl dies in Paphos
A post-mortem conducted on a 10-year-old girl, who died in a car accident in Paphos on Friday, concluded she died from internal bleeding, with the...
‘Drunk drivers are potential killers’, MPs mull deterrent fines
LAWMAKERS on Friday delved into a package of bills providing for deterrent traffic fines that they hope will end the road carnage after a particularly...
Police plead with MPs to increase penalties after road deaths spike (Updated)
Counting 29 road fatalities in the first eight months of the year – six in the past 11 days – police on Monday issued a...
Police target motorcycle safety
Police launched an island-wide campaign targeting motorcycle and moped drivers on Monday, highlighting that in the period between 2014-2018, 52 per cent of motorcyclists who...
