TIRANA, February 21 /ATA/ In January 2020, are counted 93 road accidents, from 104 accidents occurred in January 2019, decreasing by 10.6 % compared to the same period of the previous year.
According to data provided by the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT), in January 2020, the number of casualties (killed and injured) is 122 from 153 persons in January 2019, decreasing 20.3 %.
In January 2020, the number of killed from road accidents is 16 persons from 15 killed persons in January 2019.
In January 2020, road accidents, in 79.6 % of cases, occurred as a result of the driver’s behavior. The highest number of accidents in this month was carried out by the age group of 25-34 and 45-59, accounting for 25.8 % of the total number of accidents for each of the two groups mentioned. Accidents in age group of 25-34 have decreased by 20.0 %, meanwhile in age group of 45-59 have increased by 33.3 % compared to the same period of the previous year.
According to regions, the highest number of accidents in January 2020 happened in Tirana (49), and this happened because of the great influx of the movement of cars. Then, Lezha (9), Fieri (6) and Korça (6)./p.s./
