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The first “negative” five, with 6.24% between the areas with the most traffic accidents, is completed with Zakynthos according to data from the Association of Insurance Companies of Greece.
The first of them, as is natural because of the very high number of vehicles that are in circulation, is held by the prefecture of Attica with a damage frequency of 8.36%. Second place is the region of Achaia with 7.03%, followed by Thessaloniki and Heraklion with 6.74% and 6.68% respectively.
The wider region of Crete, however, appears again in the data of the Association of Insurance Companies of Greece, with another prefecture, Chania (5.89%). Ioannina also has a high accident index, while the first 10 includes Rethymno, Chios and Evia.
On the other end of the list, the prefecture with the fewest accidents is the prefecture of Samos with a damage frequency of 3.16%, followed by the prefecture of Lesbos with 3.74% and the prefecture of Evros with 3.79%. It is worth noting that the overwhelming majority of accidents involve private vehicles followed by professional and motorcycles.
The Greek Statistical Authority announced the results for road traffic accidents with bodily harm, for the year 2017, as well as their evolution during the 2008-2017 decade. In the year 2017, 10,848 road traffic accidents occurred across the country, which resulted in the death or injury of individuals, showing a decrease of 4.2% compared to 2016 which had 11,318 accidents.
The total number of victims in road accidents for the year 2017, fell by 4.4% compared to 2016 (14.002 in 2017, compared with 14.649 in 2016). More specifically, from persons affected by road accidents in 2017, 731 deaths, 706 seriously injured and 12,565 slightly injured were recorded, compared to 824 fatalities, 879 seriously injured and 12,946 slightly injured in 2016, showing a decrease of 11,3% in deaths, a decrease of 19,7% in severely injured and 2.9% in slightly injured. Of the total 731 deaths, 69.4% were drivers, 14.5% passengers and 16.1% pedestrians. The male and female ratio was 84.1% and 15.9% respectively.
Source: https://www.imerazante.gr/2019/01/30/189656.
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