58 PEOPLE DIE, 446 INJURED AS RESULT OF CAR ACCIDENTS IN ARMENIA IN FIRST 4 MONTHS OF 2006

Noyan Tapan
May 22 2006

YEREVAN, MAY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2005, 1,312 road accidents were
registered in Armenia, as a result of which 310 people died and 1,774
were injured.

Chief the RA Police State Automobile Inspection (SAI) Colonel Ishkhan
Ishkhanian stated this during the May 19 press conference. According
to him, over the first 4 months of this year, 317 road accidents were
registered, as a result of which 58 people died and 446 received
bodily injuries. In the first 4 months of this year, 36,318 cases
of traffic rule breach were registered, including 722 cases due to
driving a vehicle in a state of intoxication. In 2005, these indices
made 165,723 and 4,745 respectively.