195 deaths caused by traffic accidents in 12 years

3076 traffic accidents reported in 2011, with 18 people dying in as many fatal accidents. 195 deaths recorded between 2000 and 2011.

14 November 2012, 12:00am
by Jurgen Balzan

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In 2012 18 casualties were recorded in 3076 traffic accidents.

18 persons lost their lives in traffic accidents last year and a total of 3076 accidents were reported, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said in reply to a Parliamentary question tabled by Labour MP Anthony Agius Decelis.

The Opposition MP asked for a detailed breakdown of traffic accidents reported since 2000 and the number of deaths recorded in the accidents.

In his reply, the Prime Minister, who is also responsible for Home Affairs, noted that since 2004, accidents which did not involve fatalities, injuries or damage to public property were no longer investigated by the Police.

The highest number of accidents recorded was in 2002, with 14,294 accidents reported. However, the highest number of accidents recorded following the 2004 change in the reporting of accidents, was in 2007, with a total of 5008 accidents recorded.

Between 2000 and 2011, a total of 195 deaths were recorded in traffic accidents with the highest number of casualties being reached in 2009, when 21 deaths were recorded.

Jurgen Balzan was a MaltaToday reported from 2011 to 2017.

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Joseph MELI •

I have two(2) questions:- 1.How do the authorities determine and establish the definition of an "accident".As according to the true delineation of accident this clearly establishes that no one is cuplable,that the incident was unavoidable and moreover ,that is wasn't preventable and that we had 3076 such of these occurrences last year alone last year all meeting this criteria apparently,. 2.What actually caused these" accidents"?As merely providing numbers is meaningless when a more worthwhile exercise woul d be to inform people of the root cuase of thes eroad traffic incidents the vast majoritty of whic h would have been caused by cretinous driving as in driveing in a reckless and dangerous manner,driving without due care and attention ,DUI ,driving at exceesive speed etc -let the people know.