PRESS RELEASE. Graph 1: Road traffic accidents and casualties, January January Jul-14. Jul-15. Apr-15. Jan-15. Oct-15.

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1 Jan-11 Apr-11 Jul-11 Oct-11 Jan-12 Apr-12 Jul-12 Oct-12 Jan-13 Apr-13 Jul-13 Oct-13 Jan-14 Apr-14 Jul-14 Oct-14 Jan-15 Apr-15 Jul-15 Oct-15 Jan-16 Apr-16 Jul-16 Oct-16 Jan-17 Apr-17 Jul-17 Oct-17 Jan-18 HELLENIC REPUBLIC HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY Piraeus, 3 March 218 ROAD ACCIDENTS: January 218 PRESS RELEASE The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces provisional 1 data on Road Accidents for January 218. In particular, the road traffic accidents which occurred in Greece, resulting in death or injury, increased by 18.8% in comparison with the corresponding month of 217 (757 road accidents in January 218, against 637 road accidents in January 217). The casualties of the injury-causing accidents that occurred in January 218 were as follows: 38 deaths, 49 serious injuries and 845 slight injuries. In contrast, in January 217 the corresponding figures were: 54 deaths, 41 serious injuries and 747 slight injuries. Therefore, road accident casualties in January 218 decreased by 29.6% for deaths, increased by 19.5% for serious injuries and increased by 13.1% for slight injuries. Graph 1: Road traffic accidents and casualties, January January Road accidents (left axis) Slight injuries (left axis) Fatalities (right axis) Serious injuries (right axis) Provisional data: Apr 17 Jan 18 Information: Social Statistics Division Justice and Public Order Statistics Section D. Athanasopoulou Tel: Fax : d.athanasopoulou@statistics.gr 1 Data for the reference year are provisional until the finalisation of the annual data, which become final 1 months after the end of the reference year. During these 1 months the provisional data are updated on the basis of the data of the Road Accident Forms which are transmitted to ELSTAT by Police Authorities. 1

2 Table 1: Road traffic accidents and casualties, January * January 217/216 (%) 218* 218*/217 (%) Road accidents % % Fatalities % % Total injuries % % Serious injuries % % Slight injuries % % Graph 2: Road traffic accidents and casualties, January * * 845 Fatalities Serious injuries Slight injuries Road accidents January 2

3 Table 2: Road traffic accidents and casualties, by region and department, January * Region and Department Road accidents Fatalities Serious injuries Slight injuries * % * % * % * % Greece Total % % % % (East Macedonia and Thrace) % % % Drama % Evros % Kavala % Xanthi % 4 3 Rodopi % 5 1 Kentriki Makedonia (Central Macedonia) % % % % Imathia % 9 1 Thessaloniki % Kilkis % Pella % Pieria - Serres % Chalkidiki % 1 6 (West Macedonia) % 1 1.% % Grevena 1-1.% 2 Kastoria - Kozani % Florina 1-2 (Epirus) % % % Arta Thesprotia Ioannina 3 3.% Preveza % 5 1 (Thessaly) % 2 2.% % % Karditsa % Larissa % Magnissia % Trikala (Ionian Islands) % 1-1.% % Zakynthos % Kerkyra 3 3.% Kefallinia 1 1.% 1 1 Lefkada 1-1 3

4 Table 2: Road traffic accidents and casualties, by region and department, January * (Continued) Region and Department (West Greece) Road accidents Fatalities Serious injuries Slight injuries * % * % * % * % % % % % Etolia & Akarnania % Achaia % Ilia % % % % % Viotia % Evia % Evrytania - Fthiotida % Fokida % (Attica) % % % % (Peloponnese) % % % Argolida % 9 6 Arkadia % 3 8 Korinthia % 7 19 Lakonia % Messinia % (North Aegean) % % % % Lesvos % Samos % 1 6 Chios % (South Aegean) % 2-1.% % Dodekanissos % Kyklades % (Crete) % 4 4.% % % Iraklio % Lassithi % Rethymno 3-1.% 2 2 Chania 1 1.% 1 1 4

5 Graph 3: Road traffic accidents by region, January 218 * Voreio Aigaio 2.% 4.1% 1.8% 1.1% 2.6% Kentriki Makedonia 19.%.9%.9% 1.6%.9% 4.2% 57.3% 3.4% Graph 4: Fatalities by region, January 218 *.% 1.5% 2.6% Kentriki Makedonia 13.2% 7.9% 7.9% 2.6% 7.9%.% 5.3%.% 34.2% 7.9% 5

6 Kentriki Makedonia * Graph 5: Total Road traffic accidents and fatalities, * Road accidents (left axis) Fatalities (right axis) : Apr 17 Dec 17 Graph 6: Road accidents per 1, inhabitants January 217 January 218* 6

7 Kentriki Makedonia Makedonia, Thra ki Kentriki Makedonia Kentriki Makedonia Graph 7: Fatalities per 1, inhabitants 2 1 January 217 January 218* Graph 8: Serious injuries per 1, inhabitants 2 1 January 217 January 218* Graph 9: Slight injuries per 1, inhabitants January 217 January 218* 7

8 Explanatory Notes Survey on Road Accidents Legal basis Reference Period Availability of Data The survey on road accidents is conducted on a monthly basis and it records, for each department of Greece and for each month separately, the number of accidents resulting in death or injury, as well as the number of persons injured by categories (drivers, passengers, pedestrians). On a yearly basis, road accidents are further analyzed. The competent agencies for filling in/collecting the forms on road accidents are the local Police Authorities and the local Port Authorities of Greece. The lower level of analysis for the place where an injury road accident occurred is the Municipal Local Commune, which is described by a 8-digit geographic code. Data are collected on a monthly basis. The main variables are the following: place of accident, kind of road, casualties, conditions of road surface and type of road. The Survey on Road Traffic Accidents is governed by Council Decision 93/74 of the European Community. Monthly. Provisional data are available 2 months after the reference month. Final data are available 1 months after the reference year. National Definitions Road accident (injury accident): Any accident involving at least one road motor vehicle in motion on a public road or square to which the public has access (excluding yards, industrial sites or vehicle depot of public transport enterprises), resulting in at least one injured or killed person. Accidents with only material damages are not included. Fatality (Death): Any person killed immediately or dying within 3 days as a result of an injury accident (This national definition applies since ) Person injured: Any person who sustained an injury as result of an injury accident, and who normally needs medical treatment. Serious injury: Any person who sustained an injury as result of an injury accident, such as brain damages, mutilation, multiple injuries, which may result in lack of awareness or which are life-threatening. Slight injury: Any person injured who sustained minor and not life-threatening injuries. Vehicle: Include motor vehicles, trolleybuses, motorcycles, bicycles, motorbikes, agricultural and road making machines, animal and hand-drawn vehicles. Railway vehicles are excluded, unless the road accident involves at least one of the aforementioned types of vehicles and therefore, railway vehicles are considered vehicles. Methodology References The forms of the survey are filled in by the local Police Authorities and the local Port Authorities as well. More information about road accidents is available on ELSTAT s website and more specifically at the link: > Population & Social Conditions > Accidents > Road Traffic Accidents. It should be noted that previous press releases and time series are available on ELSTAT s website: 8