Road Transport and Road Traffic Accident Statistics - (Island of Mauritius) -January - June 2020Highlights
Vehicles registered
- 1. At end of June 2020, some 589,228 vehicles were registered at National Land Transport Authority, compared to 580,629 at the end of December 2019, i.e. an increase of 8,599 or 1.5%.
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- 2. Between January and June 2020, some 10,763 vehicles joined the fleet, while 2,164 were put out of circulation.
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- 3. The fleet consisted largely of cars, double cap pickup and dual-purpose vehicles (312,511 or 53.0%) and auto/motor cycles (219,465 or 37.3%). The remaining 9.7% comprised vans, lorries, trucks, buses and other vehicles.
Road traffic accident
4. The number of road accidents registered during the first semester of 2020 was 11,891, that is, 23.8% lower than the figure of 15,606 for the first semester of 2019. The decrease could be a result of less traffic on our roads during the lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic.
5. During the first semester of 2020 the number of road traffic accidents causing casualties (deaths and persons injured as a result of road accidents) decreased by 39.4% to 845 compared to 1,395 in the corresponding period of 2019. Amongst 50 were fatal compared to 64 during January to June 2019. Non-injury accidents decreased by 22.3% to 11,046, against 14,211 for the corresponding period of 2019.
6. The number of persons who died as a result of road accidents during the first semester of 2020 was 52 or -24.6% as compared to 69 during the corresponding period of 2019. Among the casualties, the most vulnerable category of road users were riders/pillion riders of auto/motor cycles (26 or 50.0%), followed by pedestrians (12 or 23.1%).
August 2020
