180 injured in road accidents in August alone, while the figures are increasing

18/09/2023 15:45

A day after the grave accident that on the Lushnjë-Fier road axis, where a 77-year-old patient died from the collision of the ambulance with a truck and 3 others were injured, the police have arrested the 2 drivers for the criminal offense of breaking traffic rules.

54-year-old ambulance driver Flori Rami, was arrested after driving in the wrong lane, as was 31-year-old truck driver Leonard Gjini, after making a wrong maneuver on the road.

The wrong behavior of drivers was the biggest cause of accidents that occurred during the month of August in Albania.

During the month of August in various road axes of the country, was noticed an increase in road traffic, which also influenced the increase in the number of accidents. Only this August, 117 accidents were recorded in the country, from which 180 people were injured and killed. What stands out from the expertise of these accidents is that the drivers themselves are to blame in 96% of cases.

According to the data of the INSTAT statistics institute, Mondays and time slots from 19:00 to 24:00 had more accidents, which were mostly recorded by drivers aged between 35 and 44 years.

From January to August, 770 road accidents were registered in our country.

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