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Accidents involving motorcycles, bicycles and scooters increase in 2023
Accidents involving motorcycles, bicycles and scooters have registered "significant increases" in 2023, with the number of fatal victims having risen by 25% on motorbikes and almost 36% on bicycles compared to 2022, reveals the National Road Safety Authority (ANSR).
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In the annual report on road accidents, inspections and contraventions for 2023, ANSR indicates that there were 8,936 accidents involving motorcycles, 25.8% more than in 2019 and 16.4% more than in 2022. In 2019, there were 7,101 accidents involving this type of vehicle, and in 2022 there were 7,675.
Accidents involving bicycles and scooters also increased by 38.2% compared to 2019 and 8.1% compared to 2022, with 3,239 accidents involving this type of vehicle in 2023, while in 2022 there were 2,995 and in 2019 there were 2,344.
In the report, ANSR makes a comparison with 2019, considering that this is the reference year for monitoring the targets for reducing the number of deaths and serious injuries by 2030 set by the European Commission and Portugal.
The report also shows that 124 people died in motorcycle accidents in 2023, 25.3% more than in 2022 (99) and 33.3% more than in 2019 (93).
The number of deaths following bicycle and scooter accidents totalled 26 last year, an increase of 36.8% compared to 2022, when there were 19, and 30% more than in 2019 (20).
According to ANSR, 766 people were seriously injured in motorcycle accidents last year, 36.3% more than in 2022, when 562 were injured, while in 2019, 520 people had suffered serious injuries.
Regarding bicycles, 163 people were seriously injured in 2023 (11.6% more than in 2002), 146 in 2022 and 112 in 2019.
The trend is the same for minor injuries, with 8,384 people suffering minor injuries in motorcycle accidents last year (15.8% more than in 2022), 7,242 in 2022 and 6,737 in 2019.
ANSR also says that 2,983 people were injured without severity in bicycle accidents last year, 2,717 in 2022 and 2,104 in 2019.
ANSR's report concluded that almost 35,000 road accidents were registered last year, causing 468 deaths, 2,437 serious injuries and 41,058 minor injuries, an increase in all indicators compared to 2022.
Read Also: Almost 35,000 road accidents and 468 deaths in 2023 (Portuguese version)
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