The authority’s findings are based on data gathered from Portugal’s PSP and GNR police forces.
Fatalities were thus up 9.9 percent year-on-year against a 5.3 percent rise in road accidents.
A total of 68,845 accidents were logged between January and July this year, up 3,472 on the first seven months of 2014.
There was also a 5 percent increase in serious injuries over the period with a 57-person rise taking the total of those suffering injuries requiring long-term rehabilitation standing at 1,212 through to July.
Fatalities include those who either died at the site of the accident or en route to hospital.
Road deaths up on 2014
in News · 06 Aug 2015, 12:54 · 0 Comments