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HELLENIC REPUBLIC
HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY
Piraeus, 28 February 2018
PRESS RELEASE
ROAD ACCIDENTS: December 2017 The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces provisional1 data on Road Accidents for December 2017. In particular, the road traffic accidents which occurred in Greece, resulting in death or injury, increased by 5.4% in comparison with the corresponding month of 2016 (930 road accidents in December 2017, against 882 road accidents in December 2016).
The casualties of the injury-causing accidents that occurred in December 2017 were as follows: 69 deaths, 44 serious injuries and 1,032 slight injuries. In contrast, in December 2016 the corresponding figures were: 58 deaths, 53 serious injuries and 1,016 slight injuries. Therefore, road accident casualties in December 2017 increased by 19.0% for deaths, decreased by 17.0% for serious injuries and increased by 1.6% for slight injuries.
Graph 1: Road traffic accidents and casualties,
January 2011 - December 2017
Provisional data: Mar 17 –Dec 17
Information: Social Statistics Division Justice and Public Order Statistics Section D. Athanasopoulou Tel: +30 213 1352767 Fax : +30 213 1352764 e-mail: d.athanasopoulou@statistics.gr
1 Data for the reference year are provisional until the finalisation of the annual data, which become final 10 months after
the end of the reference year. During these 10 months the provisional data are updated on the basis of the data of the Road Accident Forms which are transmitted to ELSTAT by Police Authorities.
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Table 1: Road traffic accidents and casualties, December 2015-2017*
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Road accidents 1,101 882 -19.9% 930 5.4%
Fatalities 76 58 -23.7% 69 19.0%
Total injuries 1,348 1,069 -20.7% 1,076 0.7%
Serious injuries 73 53 -27.4% 44 -17.0%
Slight injuries 1,275 1,016 -20.3% 1,032 1.6%
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Graph 2: Road traffic accidents and casualties, December 2015-2017*
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Table 2: Road traffic accidents and casualties, by region and department, December 2016 – 2017*
Region and Department
Road accidents Fatalities Serious injuries Slight injuries
2016 2017* % 2016 2017* % 2016 2017* % 2016 2017* %
Greece Total 882 930 5.4% 58 69 19.0% 53 44 -17.0% 1,016 1,032 1.6%
Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki (East Macedonia and Thrace)
25 25 0.0% 5 1 -80.0% 4 1 -75.0% 23 29 26.1%
Drama 6 5 -16.7% 2 0 0 0 6 6
Evros 5 5 0.0% 1 0 1 0 3 5
Kavala 9 6 -33.3% 2 0 2 1 7 5
Xanthi 1 2 100.0% 0 0 0 0 1 4
Rodopi 4 7 75.0% 0 1 1 0 6 9
Kentriki Makedonia (Central Macedonia)
211 181 -14.2% 11 15 36.4% 6 6 0.0% 251 205 -18.3%
Imathia 5 5 0.0% 0 2 2 0 4 8
Thessaloniki 179 155 -13.4% 7 11 3 0 220 174
Kilkis 4 8 100.0% 0 0 0 5 5 9
Pella 9 3 -66.7% 2 1 0 0 10 2
Pieria 1 2 100.0% 1 1 0 1 0 0
Serres 6 4 -33.3% 1 0 0 0 5 8
Chalkidiki 7 4 -42.9% 0 0 1 0 7 4
Dytiki Makedonia (West Macedonia)
10 8 -20.0% 1 1 0.0% 1 2 100.0% 12 6 -50.0%
Grevena 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kastoria 5 1 -80.0% 1 0 0 0 7 1
Kozani 5 6 20.0% 0 1 1 0 5 5
Florina 0 1 - 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ipeiros (Epirus) 8 10 25.0% 1 2 100.0% 4 0 -100.0% 6 12 100.0%
Arta 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0 1 1
Thesprotia 3 5 66.7% 0 1 0 0 3 4
Ioannina 3 3 0.0% 1 0 2 0 1 5
Preveza 1 1 0.0% 0 0 1 0 1 2
Thessalia (Thessaly)
17 21 23.5% 0 5 - 4 4 0.0% 17 19 11.8%
Karditsa 6 9 50.0% 0 1 1 1 8 11
Larissa 8 7 -12.5% 0 1 2 2 6 5
Magnissia 1 3 200.0% 0 2 0 1 1 0
Trikala 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0 2 3
Ionioi Nisoi (Ionian Islands)
9 3 -66.7% 2 1 -50.0% 1 0 -100.0% 6 2 -66.7%
Zakynthos 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kerkyra 4 0 -100.0% 1 0 1 0 2 0
Kefallinia 2 0 -100.0% 1 0 0 0 1 0
Lefkada 3 3 0.0% 0 1 0 0 3 2
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Table 2: Road traffic accidents and casualties, by region and department, December 2016 – 2017* (Continued)
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Dytiki Ellas (West Greece)
43 33 -23.3% 4 3 -25.0% 4 5 25.0% 45 32 -28.9%
Etolia & Akarnania 14 15 7.1% 1 2 0 4 16 15
Achaia 24 13 -45.8% 2 1 2 1 25 12
Ilia 5 5 0.0% 1 0 2 0 4 5
Sterea Ellas 34 49 44.1% 2 5 150.0% 6 5 -16.7% 38 63 65.8%
Viotia 7 10 42.9% 1 0 1 0 10 14
Evia 17 18 5.9% 0 1 4 2 17 28
Evrytania 0 2 - 0 0 0 1 0 1
Fthiotida 4 16 300.0% 1 2 0 2 6 17
Fokida 6 3 -50.0% 0 2 1 0 5 3
Attiki (Attica) 443 521 17.6% 15 18 20.0% 13 13 0.0% 532 571 7.3%
Peloponnisos (Peloponnese)
46 45 -2.2% 8 9 12.5% 5 4 -20.0% 48 56 16.7%
Argolida 6 4 -33.3% 1 0 2 0 4 8
Arkadia 6 8 33.3% 1 2 0 1 9 9
Korinthia 18 14 -22.2% 3 2 1 1 15 12
Lakonia 6 6 0.0% 0 1 1 0 7 7
Messinia 10 13 30.0% 3 4 1 2 13 20
Voreio Aigaio (North Aegean)
15 11 -26.7% 3 0 -100.0% 1 1 0.0% 17 11 -35.3%
Lesvos 8 1 -87.5% 3 0 1 0 8 2
Samos 4 6 50.0% 0 0 0 0 5 6
Chios 3 4 33.3% 0 0 0 1 4 3
Notio Aigaio (South Aegean)
9 15 66.7% 1 5 400.0% 4 3 -25.0% 9 16 77.8%
Dodekanissos 3 8 166.7% 0 2 1 1 5 8
Kyklades 6 7 16.7% 1 3 3 2 4 8
Kriti (Crete) 12 8 -33.3% 5 4 -20.0% 0 0 - 12 10 -16.7%
Iraklio 5 5 0.0% 3 1 0 0 6 9
Lassithi 4 1 -75.0% 1 1 0 0 3 0
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Chania 2 1 -50.0% 1 1 0 0 2 0
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Graph 3: Road traffic accidents by region, December 2017 *
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Graph 4: Fatalities by region, December 2017 *
* Provisional data
Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki
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Dytiki Makedonia 0.9%
Ipeiros 1.1%
Thessalia 2.3%Ionioi Nisoi
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Sterea Ellas5.3%
Attiki 56.0%
Peloponnisos 4.8%
Voreio Aigaio 1.2%
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Kriti 0.9%
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Dytiki Makedonia 1.4%
Ipeiros 2.9%
Thessalia 7.2%
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Dytiki Ellas 4.3%
Sterea Ellas7.2%
Attiki 26.1%
Peloponnisos 13.0%
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Notio Aigaio 7.2%
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Table 3: Road Traffic Accidents and casualties for the period January - December 2015, 2016 and 2017*
2015 2016 2017*
January - December January - December January - December
Road Accidents 11,440 11,318 10,768
Annual Change (%) : -1.1% -4.9%
Fatalities 793 824 740
Annual Change (%) : 3.9% -10.2%
Serious injuries 999 879 698
Annual Change (%) : -12.0% -20.6%
Slight injuries 13,097 12,946 12,201
Annual Change (%) : -1.2% -5.8%
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Graph 5: Total Road traffic accidents and fatalities, 1991-2017
Graph 6: Road accidents per 100,000 inhabitants
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Explanatory Notes
Survey on
Road Accidents The survey on road accidents is conducted on a monthly basis and it records, for each department of Greece and for each month separately, the number of accidents resulting in death or injury, as well as the number of persons injured by categories (drivers, passengers, pedestrians). On a yearly basis, road accidents are further analyzed. The competent agencies for filling in/collecting the forms on road accidents are the local Police Authorities and the local Port Authorities of Greece. The lower level of analysis for the place where an injury road accident occurred is the Municipal – Local Commune, which is described by a 8-digit geographic code. Data are collected on a monthly basis. The main variables are the following: place of accident, kind of road, casualties, conditions of road surface and type of road.
Legal basis The Survey on Road Traffic Accidents is governed by Council Decision 93/704 of the
European Community.
Reference Period Monthly.
Availability of Data
Provisional data are available 2 months after the reference month. Final data are available 10 months after the reference year.
National
Definitions Road accident (injury accident): Any accident involving at least one road motor vehicle in motion on a public road or square to which the public has access (excluding yards, industrial sites or vehicle depot of public transport enterprises), resulting in at least one injured or killed person. Accidents with only material damages are not included. Fatality (Death): Any person killed immediately or dying within 30 days as a result of an injury accident (This national definition applies since 01.01.1996) Person injured: Any person who sustained an injury as result of an injury accident, and who normally needs medical treatment. Serious injury: Any person who sustained an injury as result of an injury accident, such as brain damages, mutilation, multiple injuries, which may result in lack of awareness or which are life-threatening. Slight injury: Any person injured who sustained minor and not life-threatening injuries. Vehicle: Include motor vehicles, trolleybuses, motorcycles, bicycles, motorbikes, agricultural and road making machines, animal and hand-drawn vehicles. Railway vehicles are excluded, unless the road accident involves at least one of the aforementioned types of vehicles and therefore, railway vehicles are considered vehicles.
Methodology The forms of the survey are filled in by the local Police Authorities and the local Port Authorities as well.
References More information about road accidents is available on ELSTAT’s website and more
specifically at the link: www.statistics.gr > Population & Social Conditions > Accidents > Road Traffic Accidents. It should be noted that previous press releases and time series are available on ELSTAT’s website: www.statistics.gr