Traffic collision

Several cars and a school bus crashed in the German city of Dortmund, where 19 children were injured, DPA reported.

The bus was carrying about 40 children for swimming lessons when it hit several cars and hung a traffic light, then knocked on a wall.

In the crash his front glass was broken, and debris spilled along the way.

The heavy snowfall in the US state of Missouri has caused more than 700 highway crashes over the past two days, the New York news agency of Associated Press reported.

The government is working on a new regulation that will make it compulsory for 500,000 public transport vehicles to install “black boxes” by the end of 2019, in a move to help to reduce deadly accidents, daily Sabah reported on Feb. 6. 

Thirteen people lost their lives and 499 were injured in 432 road accidents in Attica in January, according to Traffic Police data made public on Friday.

Of those injured on Attica roads in January, 17 were seriously hurt, with 482 suffering minor injuries.

There was an almost 13 percent drop in the number of road accidents that led to death or injury in November last year compared to the same month in 2016.

According to the ELSTAT statistics agency, there were 853 road accidents leading to 53 deaths, 52 serious injuries and 936 light injuries in November last year   

The number of deaths caused by workplace accidents in China fell 12.1 percent to 38,000 in 2017 compared to the previous year, state media reported yesterday, citing figures from the country’s safety watchdog.

Patrol car crashed with another traffic light on the capital's Jerusalem boulevard, eyewitnesses said.

To avoid a head-on collision, the police car climbed onto the sidewalk and struck the stairs of nearby shops where there were several people. Luckily the passers-by were not hit.

There were fewer traffic accidents during the holiday season compared to last year, according to data released by the Citizens' Protection Ministry.

In the period stretching from December 22 to January 7, there were 25 fatal accidents that resulted in the deaths of 29 people. In the corresponding period a year earlier, there were 27 fatal crashes and 31 deaths.

Ford Fiesta car fell into a 10-meter trench on the Montevideo boulevard in the Ovcha Kupel district of Sofia. The car was run by a woman, and there was one passenger.

Eyewitnesses point out that the two women survived the severe road traffic accident, but they were taken by a team of emergency medical assistants for a full medical examination, informs Bulphoto.

The news that traffic accidents are on the rise again is very disturbing indeed, as is the fact that the majority of victims on the country's roads during the holiday season are young men.

Excessive alcohol consumption is, of course, one of the main factors leading to hundreds of fatalities and injuries.