Four men lost their lives in traffic fatalities in the third quarter of 2020, one more than in the same period in 2019, the National Statistics Office said.

All four traffic casualties were motorcyclists. 

Motorcyclists also accounted for more than one in three (39%) of grievous injuries reported due to traffic incidents during those three months, the statistics indicated. 

Crashes involving passenger vehicles accounted for the same number of grievous injuries, although more than half of those were to pedestrians rather than the driver or passengers. 

Accidents, casualties down

The NSO said the number of reported traffic accidents during July to September reached 3,167, down by 24.4% over the same period in 2019.

Most accidents - 1,105 (34.9%) were recorded in the northern harbour district.
Road traffic casualties decreased by 31% to 310 over the same period in 2019.

There were 66 people who were grievously injured - 35 drivers, seven passengers and 24 pedestrians/cyclists/other.

The majority of those grievously injured - 65.2% - were men. The majority of casualties were aged 26 to 40.