Ansamed

(ANSAmed) - ALGIERS, SEPTEMBER 27 - In Algeria, over 1,900 people died and 22,000 were injured in car accidents in the first 8 months of 2010. According to police figures, published in the press, about 1250 accidents took place in the first eight months across the entire country. Numbers that are in decline compared to last year, stressed the same source, who specified that the number of mortalities decreased by about 25%, while the number of injuries and accidents in general decreased by over 28%. Among the main causes of accidents were speeding, losing control of the vehicle and dangerous passes. (ANSAmed).