Baku/07.08.19/Turan: In January-June 2019, 342 people died in road accidents in Azerbaijan, the State Statistics Committee reports.
In total, 833 accidents were registered during this period, which is 2% more than for the same period last year. The total number of victims increased by 1.2%, amounting to 1087 people.
At the same time, 342 people were killed, 745 were injured.
89.7% of accidents were recorded in settlements; 81% of the dead and 73.4% of the victims are men.
Four people died because of driving drunk drivers, another nine were injured. -06D-
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