Romania and Malta, the only countries where the number of accidents increased compared to 2001
According to a report of the European Transportation Safety Council (ETSC), in Romania, the number of deaths in road accidents in 2009 has surpassed the one in 2001. The only other country that has experienced this situation was Malta. Furthermore, Romania has the highest rate of deaths per number of inhabitants, with 130 victims per million people. The only countries that were close to this average were Greece, with 129 deaths per million inhabitants, and Poland, with 120.
Countries where a higher number of deaths than in Romania were registered were Germany, France, Italy and Poland, but there, also, the number was decreasing compared to 2001. The report shows that in Romania the number of cases increased from 2,454 in 2001, to 2,796 last year.
The 50% reduction by 2010 of the number of people killed in traffic accidents was one of the targets set by EU to member countries. However, only in four of these states the target was reached, respectively in Latvia, Spain, Portugal and Estonia. In 2009, the total number of deaths has reached almost 35,000 in the 27 member countries.
In the insurance market, the growing number of deaths translates into an increase of claims for body injuries and death, which suggests a better understanding of the general public of the rights that an MTPL policy gives to the damaged part. The big problem remains the lack of a legislative framework and of rules regarding the appropriate level of granted claims, depending on the degree of damage suffered.
Author: Mihai CRACEA
on 23.06.2010
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