The number of traffic fatalities this year up to the end of March had already reached a third of last year's exceptionally high total, information given in parliament shows. Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici gave the following figures in reply to a parliamentary question:
|
Year |
Reported traffic accidents |
Fatal incidents |
Victims of fatal incidents |
|
2000 |
12996 |
12 |
15 |
|
2001 |
13660 |
19 |
19 |
|
2002 |
14294 |
15 |
17 |
|
2003 |
14270 |
17 |
17 |
|
2004 |
5866 |
12 |
14 |
|
2005 |
4181 |
13 |
18 |
|
2006 |
4766 |
11 |
11 |
|
2007 |
5008 |
14 |
14 |
|
2008 |
3896 |
15 |
15 |
|
2009 |
2978 |
16 |
21 |
|
2010* |
689 |
7 |
7 |
The minister pointed out that as from March 2004, traffic accidents where no one was injured and no government property was damaged, started being investigated by local wardens.