In Jan.-Nov. 2010 number of road accidents did not increase as compared with the last year, on the contrary, number of car accidents reduced, Norik Sargsyan, chief of Road Inspection department at the Armenian Road Police, told the journalists today.

According to him, 258 people were killed and another 2463 injured in 1813 traffic accidents registered within 11 months. “As compared with 2009, the number of accidents reduced by 3, whereas the number of victims and injured – by 35 and 65 respectively. We will do our utmost for the number of accidents not to increase by the New Year,” Sargsyan said.

A total of 20,500 pedestrians were held responsible for violating traffic rules, whereas 115 people were killed in 674 running-down accidents.

Sargsyan also informed the journalists that 12 children were killed and another 192 injured as a result of traffic accidents in 2010.