road accidents

Greece Among Countries With Most Road Accident Fatalities in Europe

Greece has one of the highest numbers of road accident fatalities in the European Union, a new study shows, and the figures are way above the EU average. According to the study's data, Greece is the 7th worst among the...

Greece to Combat Road Accidents With Thousands of New Cameras

  Greece's government has announced plans to install 1,388 cameras across the country by 2026 in order to fight road accidents that lead to hundreds of deaths every year. In 2023, 621 people lost their lives in traffic accidents across Greece....

Woman in 7-Month Coma Gives Birth

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...

Greece First in Rate of Motorcycle Fatalities in the European Union

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...

Greek Government to Introduce Tax Incentives for Buying Helmets

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 Tourists Killed, One Injured in Road Accident on Crete

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...

Greece Leads EU in Reducing Number of Fatal Road Accidents

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...

Greek First-Aid 'EKAΒ' Service Reactivates Road Accident Prevention Division

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...

Driving Fatalities in Greece Halved Since 2007

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...

Here Are 13 Essential Tips on How to Drive (Safely) in Greece

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...