road accidents

A woman who has been in a coma for the last seven months gave birth to a healthy baby girl at Delhi AIIMS trauma center, India, in late October. Shafiya, the new mother, was 40 days pregnant when she suffered...

According to official European data released recently by Eurostat regarding fatalities caused by traffic accidents, Greece sadly stands in first place when it comes to the rate of people killed while operating motorcycles. Among all the 28 nations of the European...

The Greek government will introduce tax incentives to encourage motorcycle drivers to buy and use helmets, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated on Thursday, during his visit to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. When speaking to reporters at the Ministry,...

Two British citizens were killed and one seriously injured in a road accident near the coastal resort of Malia in northern Crete in the early hours of Monday. The rented jeep they were driving crashed into a parked motorcycle and...

The nation of Greece has managed to reduce the number of fatal road accidents by 45 percent between 2010 and 2018, according to the latest figures published recently by the European Transport Safety Council. This puts the country in first...

After 13 years of inactivity, Greece's National Center of First-Aid ''EKAB'' service will reactivate its division dedicated to road traffic accident prevention, Kathimerini newspaper reported on Sunday. This decision was taken due to Greece's high numbers of road traffic accidents. The...

The number of road traffic deaths in Greece has plummeted during the years of the economic crisis, according to figures presented on Tuesday at the Institute of Public Health of the American College of Athens (IPHACA). The data show that...

While Greeks may have a bad reputation as drivers, recent statistics show that things are gradually improving. The facts: Although the country still has one of the highest rates of traffic-related deaths proportionate to its population in the European Union, fatalities...

Fatal road crashes in Greece plunged 41 percent between 2010 and 2017 but remained significantly higher than the European Union average, according to figures released by the European Commission. Although the 2010-2017 decline in fatal incidents was double that seen...

According to data published by the Greek police, 29 people died on Greek roads between December 22 and January 7. The casualties were recorded in 25 different road accidents. Many more people were seriously injured in 22 other accidents during the...