Fatal accidents in clear growth in the last weekend
March 29, 2023
Over the weekend just passed the victims of fatal traffic accidents have almost doubled. In the weekend of March 24-26, the number of deaths amounted to 18 people, 35 instead the victims of this weekend.
In 72 hours 7 motorcyclists lost their lives on the road, 21 motorists, 4 pedestrians, 2 cyclists and a van driver, according to data collected by Asaps, the Polstrada supporters’ association. “Since the beginning of the year – he underlines the president Giordano Biserni – it’s the worst weekend, with a higher death toll than in the middle of summer.”
Nell weekend there were sixteen victims involved in accidents on main extra-urban roads, while the escape of the vehicle without the involvement of third parties was the cause of seven fatal accidents.
Of the 35 victims, 11 were under the age of 35: the oldest victim is an 83-year-old woman, the youngest a 4-year-old boy. There were 8 victims in Sicily, 5 in Puglia, 4 in Campania and Lombardy, 3 in Piedmont, 2 in Emilia-Romagna, Marche and Lazio and one in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trentino Alto Adige, Umbria, Abruzzo and Sardinia.
Source: ANSA
