Families, relatives and friends of road accident victims gathered to remember their loved ones with prayers and roses marking World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2018.
According to reports by the Internal Security Forces and comparing the figures from the first 6 months of 2017 and the same period 2018, the road accidents increased by 4.5%, while the number of victims dropped by 15.2%, from 262 to 222 deaths.
However, the comparison of road accidents over three years since the implementation of the new traffic law reveals that the road accidents decreased by 13%, number of victims by 18.8% and number of injured by 14.4%.
For more details, watch the full report in the video above