Fatal accidents, deaths down for the year – Traffic Chief

Traffic Chief Deon Moore (DPI photo)

The Guyana Police Force Traffic Department has recorded a 23% decrease in fatal accidents for the year thus far with eight-nine fatal accidents resulting in 104 deaths.

This announcement was made on Friday by Traffic Chief Deon Moore who was at the time speaking at the Guyana Police Force/National Road Safety Council end-of-year press briefing.

Comparing the figures to the same period last year, Moore disclosed that there has been a 23%  drop in fatal accidents and a 17% decrease in deaths. “For the year thus far 89 fatal accidents were recorded resulting in 104 deaths comparing to 115 fatal accidents with 126 deaths for the same period last year”, he said.

According to Moore, a total of