North’s road fatality rate ‘six times EU average’

The rate of fatalities on the north’s roads is “six times the European Union average”, Cyprus Turkish chamber of mechanical engineers (KTMMO) chairman Ayer Yarkiner said on Wednesday.

He added that the north’s fatality rate is also three times that of Turkey and noted that while the north’s unclear population statistics may impact the figures, “measures must be taken to prevent an increase in the number of deaths.

“If traffic has remained so primitive and unsafe, it is because...