For four months on the roads of Kosovo there have been over 6 thousand accidents, of which 31 have been fatal.

According to the Kosovo Police, there are 4,030 people injured in these accidents.

"For the period January-April there are 31 fatal accidents, 2,164 accidents with injuries with 4,030 people injured.

"There are 3,933 accidents with damage or a total of 6,128 accidents", it is said in the police response for the Telegraph.

Police urge traffic participants to adapt to road conditions.

"Kosovo Police with its units has continuously undertaken and is undertaking all actions in preventing accidents and providing safety for all traffic participants.

Kosovo Police continues to ask all traffic participants, and in particular drivers, to respect road traffic signs, to comply with the rules, road conditions, and to be very vigilant.

Maximum care of traffic participants, especially drivers, is necessary for greater traffic safety ", emphasizes the Kosovo Police.

Import of cars in Kosovo - 10 years older than in the EU

As of January 1, 2018, all vehicles older than 10 years and those that do not have a "Euro 4" standard engine can not be cleared through the territory of Kosovo.

This was done due to legal restrictions on imports and to protect the environment from the release of car gases.

The determination of seniority is based on the first year of registration which must be within the period 01 January to 31 December 2012.

In general, the average age of vehicles circulating in Kosovo is 18 years, or about 10 years more than the average number of vehicles circulating within the European Union.

During 2019, it was tried to remove this restriction, but that this proposal had not succeeded, which was rejected in the Assembly of Kosovo.

EU cars are now on average 11.8 years old.

Lithuania and Romania have the oldest fleet of cars, with almost 17 years, while the newest can be found in Luxembourg with 6.7 years.

Cars in Kosovo - 80 percent depreciated

Vehicles older than 10 years in Kosovo are 80 percent depreciated and in this regard there should be greater oversight by state bodies.

This is what the traffic expert, Nol Dedaj, told Telegraf, adding that the citizen must choose between the new car with the cheapest maintenance cost and the old one with the most expensive price.

"Vehicles that are 10 or 12 years old are considered to be depreciated by 80 percent, from this position if we look at it, then they should have a greater care by state bodies, in terms of technical control.

"We know that in Kosovo we have periodic technical control for official vehicles or those that are in service for the third party, as well as regular control, especially we have extraordinary control", said Dedaj.

He adds that Kosovo could become a landfill if we do not change the Regulation on Car Import.

"[Kosovo] can become a landfill if we do not change the Regulation on Car Import, because it still remains in force that a 6-year-old car should be more expensive than a 12-year-old, then this will brings sludge to all of Europe.

"If we change the tariff that the 6-year-old should be cheaper than the 12-year-old, we will certainly have a freshness of new vehicles and a freshness of traffic safety in terms of the vehicle factor", he concludes.

/ Telegraphy /