YEREVAN. - There are much less casualties and wounded in road accidents in Armenia in 2016.

Deputy Chief of Armenian Police, Vardan Yeghiazaryan, stated the aforementioned on Monday, speaking at the parliamentary hearings on draft 2017 State Budget.

The number of traffic accidents has dropped by 145 or 5.8 percent. The number of casualties and wounded has reduced by 55 and 206 respectively. “I won’t yet cite absolute figures, but, as you see, the progress is significant. More than significant,” Yeghiazaryan said.