Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-12-26

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] Smaller Christmas exodus, high death toll

[01] Smaller Christmas exodus, high death toll

A total of 260,000 cars existed Athens on the two National Highway routes of Athens-Lamia and Athens-Corinth between Friday morning and Sunday, which was 16,000 cars fewer than over the corresponding period last year.

However, this year's exodus was considered one of the worst with respect to traffic accidents, as 28 people lost their lives in 27 deadly road accidents throughout the country between Friday morning and Monday morning.

One third of those accidents, namely 9, occurred in Attica prefecture, in which nine people were killed, and two of which occurred in hit-and-run accidents.

Throughout the past week, traffic police conducted hundreds of checks on drivers, including breathalyser tests, in an effort to prevent road accidents.

More specifically, between December 19 and Christmas Day, 194 Attica traffic police crews conducted 7,073 breathalyser tests, in which 108 drivers were found to have been above the legally allowed rate, while 12 were taken into custody.

At dawn Monday alone, traffic police conducted 1,959 breathalyser tests, in which 29 dribers were found over the allowed rate and four were taken into custody.

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