North Cyprus registers 20 road fatalities in five months of 2023

The government of TRNC are becoming increasingly worried over a spike in road deaths, which has led to 20 people dying in the first five months of 2023.

According to a report by Kibris Postasi on Saturday, there were 21 accidents, with 24 people dead throughout all of 2022.

In just the first five months of this year, there were 20 road deaths and 20 people who died as a result, Turkish Cypriot ‘police chief’ said in a press conference.

The primary cause of the accidents is speeding, drunk driving and carelessness while behind the wheel.

Providing a breakdown of the numbers, of the 20 that died this year, 12 were Turkish Cypriots, five were in the country for work, two were tourists – one from Britain and one from Romania. Another victim was a Cameroonian student.

Between January and May there were 1,674 accidents on the road. Of those, 1,456 led to only material damage while in 198 accidents there were also injuries – resulting in 263 hurt individuals.

Last week, TRNC president also raised his concern over the number of accidents, saying road deaths were four times higher than EU countries, referring to a need for taking immediate measures.