Motorcycle accidents high

CYPRUS has one of the highest number of fatalities among motorcyclists, according to the European Transport Safety Council’s Road Safety Performance Index.

The report showed that there had been almost a five per cent increase in motorcyclists dying on the island’s road from 2001 until 2009.

Furthermore, Cyprus recorded the second highest number of road victims in residential areas.

“Regarding motorcyclists, Cyprus has one of the highest number of fatalities in the EU,” Head of the police headquarters traffic department Demetris Demetriou said yesterday.

“But there are certain positive comments for Cyprus too; for example, in non-residential areas, we have the lowest percentage of road deaths in Europe for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009.”

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.