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Car accident rate falls by 32.5% since beginning of the year
Belgrade,
15 July 2010
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic said today that since the beginning of implementation of the Law on road traffic safety the number of car accidents has fallen significantly.
Presenting a bill on amendments to the law on road traffic safety to parliament members, Dacic emphasised that some changes are still needed though, such as the introduction of fines instead of prison sentences as penalties.
He affirmed that some of the positive effects of the Law are achieving greater discipline and more order in the field of traffic safety.
However, some provisions of this law, the implementation of which started in December last year, are not in line with real conditions and are not appropriate for punishing certain offences.
It would also be much more effective to introduce the possibility of choosing the penalty, meaning a fine instead of imprisonment, which is a practice employed by many European countries.
Giving data on the number of car accidents, casualties and deaths in the first six months of 2010, the Minister outlined that the number of car accidents has fallen by 32.5% since the beginning of the year in comparison to the same period last year.
The number of car accidents with casualties has dropped by 20.1% and with deaths by 32.9% in relation to the same period last year, noting that the total number of casualties is lower by 20.3%.
Dacic observed that the most common causes of accidents are speeding, unsafe overtaking and head-on collisions, as well as driving after drinking alcohol.
Since the beginning of 2010, 21,037 drivers were caught driving after drinking, the Minister specified and added that the in the same period last year, this number was 33, 994.
Dacic noted that accidents are most common on trunk roads and regional roads in populated areas, while accidents with the gravest consequences are recorded on “open roads”.
He affirmed that some of the positive effects of the Law are achieving greater discipline and more order in the field of traffic safety.
However, some provisions of this law, the implementation of which started in December last year, are not in line with real conditions and are not appropriate for punishing certain offences.
It would also be much more effective to introduce the possibility of choosing the penalty, meaning a fine instead of imprisonment, which is a practice employed by many European countries.
Giving data on the number of car accidents, casualties and deaths in the first six months of 2010, the Minister outlined that the number of car accidents has fallen by 32.5% since the beginning of the year in comparison to the same period last year.
The number of car accidents with casualties has dropped by 20.1% and with deaths by 32.9% in relation to the same period last year, noting that the total number of casualties is lower by 20.3%.
Dacic observed that the most common causes of accidents are speeding, unsafe overtaking and head-on collisions, as well as driving after drinking alcohol.
Since the beginning of 2010, 21,037 drivers were caught driving after drinking, the Minister specified and added that the in the same period last year, this number was 33, 994.
Dacic noted that accidents are most common on trunk roads and regional roads in populated areas, while accidents with the gravest consequences are recorded on “open roads”.
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