The number of reported traffic accidents during the third quarter of 2025 reached 3,916, down by 10.9% over the same period in 2024, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said.
"The Northern Harbour district registered the most accidents with 1,278 cases or 32.6% of all accidents."
Road traffic casualties increased by 0.8% to 391 over the same period in 2024. Grievously injured persons amounted to 131, and consisted of 79 drivers, 15 passengers and 37 pedestrians/cyclists/others.
The injuries suffered by four drivers, two passengers and a pedestrian proved fatal, it said. During this quarter, two more fatalities were registered when compared to the same period in 2024.
The majority of those grievously injured were males (71.8%). Moreover, the fatalities that occurred during this quarter involved four males and three females. With regard to age cohorts, 31.2% of the casualties involved persons in the 26 to 40 age bracket.
The largest number of road traffic casualties (50.9%) involved passenger cars, followed by motorcycles (39.1%) and goods-carrying vehicles (3.8%). The fatalities included a driver colliding with another vehicle, two drivers crashing into a property, a driver involved in a hit and run accident, two passengers involved in a collision between vehicles, and a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle, the NSO said.
Cyclists involved in traffic accidents amounted to 10, where six suffered grievous injuries and four suffered slight injuries. Road traffic casualties resulting from accidents between vehicles topped the list with 59.8% of all road traffic casualties.
The highest number of road traffic casualties occurred on Sundays with 69 casualties, and the highest number of road traffic accidents also occurred on Tuesdays with 690 cases or 17.6% of the total. "The time bracket with the highest number of road traffic accidents occurred between 12:00 - 14:59 with 931 cases or 23.8% of the total, followed by the 09:00 - 11:59 time bracket with 838 cases. The least number of accidents occurring daily took place between 03:00 - 05:59 with 55 cases."
The highest incidence of road traffic accidents was registered in Birkirkara with 224 cases, followed by St Paul's Bay and Qormi, with 218 and 186 cases respectively, the NSO said.
All districts recorded a decrease in road traffic accidents, except the Gozo and Comino district, when compared to the third quarter of the previous year. The Northern district registered the highest percentage decrease in road traffic accidents at 16.1%, whereas the Western district recorded the lowest percentage decrease at 5.9%.