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By Amina Nazarli

Road traffic accidents are the main cause behind many death and injury cases across the world.

During the period from December 31, 2014 till January 5, 2015 a total of 11 road accidents were reported in Baku.

As a result, two people died and 17 were injured, said Vagif Asadov, Head of the Public Relations Department of the Baku city Main Traffic Police Department.

He noted that traffic police reported 5,842 administrative protocols. “During the holiday 216 people were fined due to the drunk driving. Some 95 drivers were fined because of passing the red light and 603 pedestrians were also fined,” Asadov said.

During this period, 60 serious road accidents left 23 dead and 84 injured throughout the country.

The computerized parking systems - Parkomats - recently installed in Baku enabled the police to ease the city traffic management. "Over 220 Parkomats have been installed in 75 streets and avenues of the capital city. Parkomats helped the drivers to improve their parking abilities and decreased the illegal parking of vehicles on the pavements and pedestrian crossings.

Earlier, speaking about gender factor in the road accidents, Aliyev said that male drivers are the major violators of traffic rules, as there is a considerable difference in the number of men and women drivers in Azerbaijan.

"Most men cause road collisions in Baku due to their considerably high speed. But it doesn't exclude the vehicle accidents caused by women drivers. Anyway, all drivers bear the same responsibilities before the law regardless of their gender," he noted.

Latest statistical report revealed that the total number of the men drivers in Azerbaijan is over 1.5 million, while there are only 45,000 women drivers in the country.

Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’s staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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