Motorcycle safety

Motorcyclist deaths account for 38% of all road traffic accidents in Greece, compared to 18% in the rest of Europe, according to data. 

Twenty-two people lost their lives and 578 were injured (13 seriously) in 517 road accidents involving cars, motorcycles and pedestrians in January in Attica, according to the Attica Traffic Police Directorate.

Some 200 out of 10,000 drivers involved in a higher than average number of traffic accidents last year have been identified and are undergoing a special training program.

Some 25,000 motorcyclists have been injured in traffic accidents in Serbia over the past ten years, while about 1,000 have died, says Vladimir Jevtic.

Jevtic is the president of the Association for Safety of Motorcyclists.

Traffic accidents in the month of March decreased by 13.1 percent compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), but the number of the people that died on the streets of the country rose by 18.8 percent.

An official report has concluded that a camerawoman driving the car in which a Lebanese-American journalist was killed in southeastern Turkey on Oct. 19 was the sole culprit in the accident.

A 42-year-old woman was killed early on Tuesday in a horrific accident on Thessaloniki's ring road.

According to sources, the woman tried to cross the road at around 5.30 a.m. near Eptapyrgio where a car had been waiting to take her to work.

She was hit by a passing vehicle in a collision so intense that parts of her body were scattered across the scene.

Road accidents in the month of June went up by 4 percent compared to the same period last year, data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) showed on Friday.

The same data, however, showed a drop in the number of people who died on the country’s roads over that period.

As of beginning of August Bulgaria's Interior Ministry deploys motorcycle police with speed radars along the country's roads, reports the BNT public broadcaster. 

The reason is the increase in heavy traffic accidents – 3600 since the beginning of the year, with 358 victims, which are 50 more deaths, compared to the same period of last year.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government has formed a team for coordination of road safety tasked with improving traffic safety and reducing the number of accidents.