As a result of 2523 Kosovo citizens' accidents have died since post-war

This was made known by Kosovo Police under the World Victims Memorial Day's footnote in Rrugor Traffic, in co-operation with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, the Security Council on Road Traffic, and the Kosovo Insurance Association.

These institutions took the initiative to mark “The International Day without Victims at Trafik”, organising awareness campaigns for young people, students of public universities in the Republic of Kosovo respectively.

In order to summarize activities on the note of this international security day, a joint table has been organised, featuring major events from this initiative, visits and effects that the campaign note has achieved.

Lieutenant Colonel Jefin Rexhepi, director of the Kosovo Police Communication Division, stressed that 2523 people have died since the post-war in road traffic, while this year has lowered the mortality rate compared to last year.

Rexhepi stressed that the cause of fatal accidents is the failure to adjust speed on the road. Feyzullah Mustafa, from the Council of Security for Traffic in the ministry, said that at the service of this day they have organised activities aimed at boosting awareness of young people.

Insurance Association Executive Director Sami Mazrek said that the marking of this day is the goal of increasing awareness of reduced traffic accidents.

He said insurance companies have paid 400m euros in damages since the war. This year alone, however, more than 22m euros have been paid. And 40m euros is the damage to these companies from unregistered cars.

Also, since this day is marked internationally by many relevant institutions, this day gets the attention needed in order to increase the awareness of citizens and other participants in road communication. The motto of this campaign is “Life is not part of the car.