Road safety

Nearly 2,200 people were killed and more than 228,000 others were injured in road accidents in 2020, declining from the previous year as vehicle and human mobility dropped due to COVID-19 related measures.

According to data from the traffic department of the General Directorate of Security, a total of 2,197 people lost their lives while 228,565 were injured in 365,000 road accidents.

Due to the expected cold spell in the coming days, the Road Police warns the car drivers to be careful, BNR reported.

Interior Ministry teams will watch out for breaches and cautions drivers that traffic may be difficult on some roads.

The road policing officers explained that drivers need to be careful tonight because sharp weather change is expected.

The most serious traffic during the holidays and weekends for Christmas and New Year is expected today.

The situation is complicated by expectations of rainfall in almost the entire country and the lack of the options to stop the movement of trucks.

Ljubljana – The government adopted changes to the road traffic rules act that significantly lower fines for speeding, which according to Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec will be comparable at the EU level. The minister believes more effort should be invested in prevention and control.

The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is working on an artificial intelligence (AI) project to ease the city's notorious traffic jams, daily Milliyet has reported.

Many people who own a car and have a driving license become reliant on their vehicles to get around. Each and every day, huge numbers of people get behind the wheel to commute to work, drive their kids around, visit friends and family, or take a trip. Some people spend a tremendous amount of time on the road for one reason or another, and this is something they do almost every day.

The Interior Ministry has unveiled a series of measures to be implemented on the country's highways during summer, when vehicle traffic between provinces and road accidents increase.

Greece's Traffic Police recorded nearly half a million violations in 2019, with speeding being the top infraction, and while the number of accidents rose, fatalities dipped, data have shown.

Road accidents increased by 16.6 percent year-on-year in January, according to figures released by the Traffic Police recently.

A total of 788 accidents were recorded in January of this year compared to 676 during the same last year, according to the data, which showed that road fatalities rose to 49 compared to 44 in the same period of 2019, an increase of 11.4 percent. 

Motorists who had their driving licenses revoked or number plates removed over minor traffic violations up until March 16 will be able to get them back, according to a decision made public on Tuesday by the Citizens' Protection Ministry.