Bulgaria Police Says Road Death Toll on the Rise

Society | September 30, 2007, Sunday // 00:00

A total 760 people died in car crashes and traffic accidents in Bulgaria in the first nine months of the year, up from 741 in the same period of last year.

However, the number of traffic accidents went down from 6 144 to 5 879, while the number of people injured in January-September was 7 181, compared to 7 659 in the same nine months of last year, statistics released by the traffic police on Sunday show.

The death toll statistics for the full twelve months of 2006 read 1 038, with 10 161 injured in 8 182 accidents.

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