{"id":84179,"date":"2026-04-27T19:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=84179"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:53:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:53:54","slug":"brataj-on-average-12-road-accidents-occur-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/brataj-on-average-12-road-accidents-occur-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Brataj: On Average, 12 Road Accidents Occur Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"91\" data-end=\"443\">Roads in Albania are being stained with blood every day due to traffic accidents, which often result in fatalities. <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Sk\u00ebnder Brataj<\/span><\/span>, Director of the National Emergency Service, stated in an interview for <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Euronews Albania<\/span><\/span> that on average 12 road accidents occur daily, with most of them caused by young people.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"557\">Brataj emphasized that all institutions need to be made aware in order to analyze the causes of these accidents.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"690\">However, accidents are only part of the broader category of trauma, which ranks fifth when it comes to loss of life and disability.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"692\" data-end=\"1125\">Meanwhile, the latest report from <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">INSTAT<\/span><\/span> shows that in March alone, 89 road accidents were recorded, with 117 people injured\u2014some of whom lost their lives. 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