{"id":5019,"date":"2025-03-17T18:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/17\/traffic-deaths-in-crete-reach-five-year-high\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T18:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:33:12","slug":"traffic-deaths-in-crete-reach-five-year-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/17\/traffic-deaths-in-crete-reach-five-year-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic deaths in Crete reach five-year high"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1264348\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crash_shutterstock_web-320x200.jpg?v=1740505844\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crash_shutterstock_web.jpg?v=1740505844\" alt=\"Traffic deaths in Crete reach five-year high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crash_shutterstock_web-960x600.jpg?v=1740505844\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Traffic fatalities in Crete reached a five-year high in 2024, with at least 64 deaths reported, according to data from the Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).<\/p>\n<p>The SOS \u2013 Traffic Crimes association highlighted a steady increase in fatalities over the past five years: 28 in 2020, 41 in 2021, 44 in 2022 and 39 in 2023. The 2024 figures are provisional, showing a 65% increase in deaths compared to 2023, while the national average rise is just 4.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Giorgos Kouvidis, president of the association, cautioned, \u201cThe figures are provisional; the final count will unfortunately be even higher.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1264348\/traffic-deaths-in-crete-reach-five-year-high\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traffic fatalities in Crete reached a five-year high in 2024, with at least 64 deaths reported, according to data from the Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). 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