80 Accidents and one death reported in the last one week in TRNC

One person died and 23 people were injured in 80 traffic accidents that occurred in the last one week in north Cyprus.

According to Police Press Office, between 6 – 12 March, 25 accidents were caused by speeding, 15 were careless driving, 8 were failures to stop at a road junction. In addition, 22 accidents were caused by driving too close to the vehicle in front, while 10 were caused by other factors.

Most of the accidents happened in Lefkcosia – 28, followed by Famagusta – 25, then Kyrenia – 18, Guzelyurt – 4 and Iskele – 5.

During that same time period, 14,082 vehicles were surveyed by the traffic police, who took legal action against 1,060 drivers.

The main traffic violations were speeding – 217, dangerous driving – 13, careless driving – 41 and driving without a licence – 191.