Traffic accidents in Turkey

Erkan linked to this article : “2270 people lost their lives in traffic accidents in Turkey during the first half of 2006.

Rate of fatal car crashes rose by 2.4 percent while death toll in traffic accidents increased 3.7 percent in January-June period of 2006 over the same period of previous year,” Ismail Caliskan, spokesman for the Security Dept. said on Friday.

Speaking at the weekly press briefing, Caliskan said, “42 percent of all traffic accidents occurred between 2.00 p.m. and 10.00 p.m., while 29 percent occurred at weekends. Lorries and trucks were involved in 32 percent of crashes. Out of 1844 accidents, 188 occurred in Istanbul, 126 in Ankara and 90 in Antalya.”