1 comment.There were 2 traffic fatalities in the second quarter of this year
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The National Statistics Office has said that there were two traffic fatalities in the second quarter this year.The number of reported traffic accidents reached 3,795, an increase of 49, or 1.3 per cent, over the corresponding period last year.
Decreases were registered in the Southern Harbour and Northern Harbour districts,.
In the period under review, 492 traffic casualties were reported, of which 292 involved drivers. There were 263 drivers who sustained slight injuries and 28 who reported grievous injuries. Furthermore, the injuries sustained by one male driver proved fatal.
During this period, 43 persons (17 passengers and 26 pedestrians) suffered grievous injuries, while 156 (108 passengers and 48 pedestrians) were slightly injured. Moreover, the injury sustained by one pedestrian proved fatal.
On a gender basis, slightly-injured persons in the second quarter numbered 419: 239 males and 180 females. Grievously-injured persons totalled 71, the majority being males. The largest number of casualties were in the 25-39 age group.
73.2 per cent of traffic casualties were caused by passenger cars, followed by motorcycles at 15.4 per cent, while 9.8 per cent were caused by goods-carrying vehicles.
In the second quarter, the highest traffic casualty rate occurred on Fridays, accounting for 15.7 per cent of total casualties. The highest number of accidents was also recorded on Fridays, totalling 611 cases, and the lowest was recorded on Sundays, with 380 cases. Sundays topped the highest casualty-to-accidents ratio.
The daily time brackets in which most accidents occur are between 09:00 – 11:59 and between 15:00 – 17:59, with 798 cases in both groups, or 21.0 per cent of the total for each group. The least number of accidents occurring daily took place between 03:00 and 05:59 (93 cases).
In the period under review, Birkirkara registered the highest rate of traffic accidents, with 270 cases. Hal Qormi and St. Paul’s Bay were next, with 188 and 172 reported accidents respectively.
I think all that wide large chalk signs on the bottom of streets confuses drivers. Almost on every road, you see a very wide stop written in chalk on the street. I don’t understand how Malta is the size of a dot on the map and it wants to keep increasing tourists. Malta is overcrowded as it is. People are going to choke from all the car fumes if something is not done fast and also how terrible all that overdevelopment for such a tiny country.