Speeding tops nearly 37,000 traffic charges in six months

Traffic police brought 36,879 charges against drivers in the first six months of 2026, most of them for speeding, followed by driving while holding a mobile phone and failure to wear a seatbelt.

Road deaths this year have reached 25, against 27 in the same period last year, after a 22-year-old woman died on Wednesday. Traffic police have stepped up efforts to reduce serious and fatal collisions, with measures applied countrywide including driver enforcement campaigns and fixed and mobile...