Surgeons appeal for prudence on roads amid 'alarming' rate of accidents

Surgeons have appealed for more prudence and diligence on the road amid the "alarming" rate of increasing road traffic tragedies” over the past weeks.

The concern was raised in a statement by the Association of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeons of Malta (AOTSM) which follows another by the Doctors for Road Safety (D4RS) who had expressed sadness and disappointment at the rising number of fatal and serious accidents on Maltese roads.

And on Thursday, road safety experts slammed as "unacceptable" the state of safety on Maltese roads as the country recorded its 10th fatal accident since the start of the year. 

The surgeons' association said: “We have not just seen a greater number of road traffic deaths this year when compared to the whole of last year, but we have also witnessed bizarre and tragic accidents involving both motorists and pedestrians, such as a loaded truck toppling over and crushing a motorcyclist, a car splitting into two, motorists running over joggers, a collision between a horse sulky and a car, and even motorbikes colliding with each other.”

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