The FINANCIAL — 526 people died and 6,638 were injured as a result of car accidents in 2011.
The FINANCIAL — 526 people died and 6,638 were injured as a result of car accidents in 2011.
In total 4,486 car accidents were recorded in 2011, statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs show. Out of 100 car accident cases 11.7 people die and 147.9 are injured. Out of 100,000 registered cars, 620 cars got into an accident in 2011. The Adjara region is leading in the rating of driving under the influence of alcohol.
The most accidents occurred in the Tbilisi-Mtskheta-Mtianeni territory throughout Georgia. Out of 4,486 car accidents 2,072 were registered in this territory.
The car accident statistics according to the regions are as follows: Adjara – 542; Shida Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti – 532; Imereti, Racha and Guria – 430; Kvemo Kartli – 327; Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti – 303; Kakheti – 280.
Despite the fact that after Tbilisi the biggest number of car accidents was registered in Adjara, most people, 99 of them, died in Imereti, Racha and Guria. And the smallest number of people who died in car accidents was registered in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. As for Tbilisi, 160 people died in the capital city.
The number of people injured in car accidents is much bigger than those that died. 2,896 people were injured in Tbilisi and only 431 in Kakheti.
According to car accidents registered by months, October takes first place with its 450 car crash cases. 71 people died in September and 721 people were injured in August.
The car accident rate is 100.3 per 100,000 people. The rate of those injured is 148.5 and the rate of those who died is 11.7 per 100,000 people.
As for the age groups, mostly people from 41 to 60 years old die in car accidents, consisting of 111.29 percent. 98.26 percent of dead people are 26-40 years old; 85.23 percent – 60 years old; 6.18 percent – 17-25 years old; 11.3 percent – 8-16 years old, and 5.1 percent – 0-7 years old.
The statistics show that in most car accident cases the victim is male. 68 percent of men die and 57 percent are injured while only 32 percent of women die and 43 percent are injured.
The 6 most common administrative laws that are broken are over-speeding, not using a safety belt, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving a car without a valid license, being deprived of a driving license and breaking rules while transporting passengers. 30 percent of the people involved in car accidents caused by the above six administrative violations die.
Penalties and accidents caused by speeding and drunk driving are the most common according to the statistics. In total 42,611 penalties for drunk driving and 23,650 penalties for over-speeding were detected by the police in 2011.
Out of 4,486 car accidents 807 people were convicted by the court in first instance.
35.6 percent of drivers getting into an accident have only one year of driving experience. Statistics show that increased experience decreases the number of drivers getting into accidents. Only 8.9 percent of drivers, having 10 years of experience, get into an accident according to the statistics.
Among Georgia’s neighbouring countries, Russia takes first place in terms of the biggest number of people who die in car accidents. 26,567 people out of 100,000 people in car crashes in Russia die; in Romania it is 2,377 people; in Azerbaijan – 925 people; in Lithuania – 300; in Armenia – 293 people; in Latvia – 218 people; and in Estonia – 78 people.
The number of registered car accidents in Georgia has been decreasing slightly since 2008. The number of car accidents in 2008 reached 6,015, in 2009 it was 5,482 and in 2010 it was 5,099. The number of deaths surged to a maximum in 2008 when 867 people died.
“The steady decrease in the number of car accidents was caused by several reasons such as successful implementation of the seatbelt law in Georgia, increased penalties, altered behaviour of the population and increased awareness through popular road safety public educational campaigns (“Wear Your Seatbelt!”, “Don’t Drink and Drive!” etc), involvement of the private sector, increased interest and participation of the local media and NGOs which itself provides opportunities to increase awareness of road safety issues,” said Maya Kobalia, Executive Director of the Georgian Alliance for Safe Roads.
The first car accident happened in Ohio State, in the city of Ohio in 1891. John William Lambert, American automotive pioneer, inventor and automobile manufacturer driving his invented one-cylinder car got caught in the roots of a tree and crashed into a post.
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