MIA -- 3 764 road accidents took place in January-August as result of which 314 persons died and 5 212 - were injured
MIA -- 3 764 road accidents took place in January-August as result of which 314 persons died and 5 212 - were injured

The 3 764 road accidents took place in January-August of 2019 as a result of which 314 persons died and 5 212 – were injured – Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported the statistics.

A total of 1820 road accidents occurred in the same period in Tbilisi in which 64 people died and 2182 – were injured.

The main reasons for road accidents were a violation of traffic movement rules, exceeding of the speed limit and driving under the influence of alcohol.

The 3904 road accident took place in 2017, 333 people died and 5546 – were injured in January-August of 2017.

The 4196 road accidents occurred in the same period of 2018 in which 307 people died and 5989 people were injured.