Returning from work on Sunday evening turned out to be the last for policeman Agron Saba, whose vehicle collided with another car and died a few meters from home.
But this fatal accident followed dozens of others that have bloodied the roads this year.
Based on the statistics, Tch learns that during February there were 11 more accidents than a year ago, 88 of them, and more than half of them happened in Tirana. 123 people were injured in these accidents.
The highest number of accidents was recorded mainly during the evenings on Monday and Thursday, while the lowest was recorded on Wednesday, when the accidents of the previous day are reported, when there is obviously less vehicle traffic in the country due to the Big Brother Vip spectacle. that has stuck many Albanians behind the screen.
In most of these accidents, the responsibility has been the drivers who did not follow the rules of the traffic code by exceeding the speed or driving the vehicle under the influence of drugs and alcohol. But despite the fact that the speed has been seen as the cause of many accidents with the recent changes approved in the assembly in the road code it increased to 130 km/h on highways and main interurban roads.
In 19% of cases, pedestrians were also at fault.
What makes the situation even more alarming is that accidents with consequences are mainly carried out by the most vital part of the driving society between the ages of 35 and 44.