Mazrek: BKS willing to develop and sponsor the digital accident report on Kosovo Police

The director of the Kosovo Insurance Bureau (BKS), Sami Mazrek, has said that the minimum reduction in accidents is one of the Bureau's priorities. According to him, the BKS is aimed at increasing security in traffic, reports Online Economy.

At an international conference aimed at a road safety exam and a reduction in traffic accidents, Mazrek said that according to the police report during 2022 in Kosovo, 95 fatal accidents and 7 thousand and 749 injuries occurred.

The growth of traffic security, the minimum reduction of accidents is one of our top priorities as a bureau. The educational component, awareness is a very important area that BKS is paying special attention to. In continuation like the BKS we've organized activities aimed at increasing security in traffic”, Mazreku said.

“According to Kosovo police data during January-January 2022, 95 fatal accidents have occurred in our country, of which we have 969 people dead. During this period there have been 7749 injuries in which the wounded remain 14 thousand and 714 citizens. Since elementary and middle school, lectures for caution should be held in communications” he said.

He said he said the bureau created a platform called the “Accidents Map” where real-time citizens can see where the most dangerous road points are.

He also mentioned the sticker project, which is financed by insurance companies.

In a practical way, we have created a platform called “Accidents Map” where real-time citizens can see that in all of Kosovo where the most dangerous points can be caused by many accidents. This platform is intended that during 2023, normally that even the law allows us, we sponsor it with direct financing of insurance companies and the creation of reports of accidents digitally, and thus we have access to this data literally”.

This year on March 15th, it becomes one year from the implantation of the sticker project. This project is funded 100% by insurance companies, and there is not even a cost for citizens, it is done to facilitate police work” he said.

Nezir Gashi from the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning said this ministry in co-operation with Kosovo police and others has developed different activities for road awareness.

The ministry has changed and implemented certain laws. In the course of joint activities with Kosovo police, teams have been created in Kosovo's 8 regions, teams related to road traffic security. The ministry for 2023 on the priority list of projects will realise the digitalisation of sustainable transport, which is expected to be realised in 2023. In co-operation with Sami Mazrek from BKS we have organised a series of activities in the week of road awareness”, he said.

Rexhepi lives by Kosovo Police, said 2022 was the safest year or with fewer accident rates since 2002.

“As far as traffic security situation is concerned in Kosovo, all accidents including fatality have marked decline. Between 2002 and 2022 with fatal accidents and death, there is a decline. And I can freely say that the year 2022 was the safest or least dead year since 2002” he said.