Transport Malta Mission Statement:

“The Authority’s mission is to promote and develop the transport sector in Malta by means of proper regulation and by promotion and development of related services, businesses and other interests both locally and internationally.”

The Land Transport Directorate – Traffic Management and Road Safety Department Traffic accidents in Malta occur every thirty minutes. According to the ‘Energy Transport and Environment Indicators’ issued by Eurostat in 2012, Malta has the 4th lowest rate of road fatalities amongst the (27) EU member states. Having said that, there is still room for improvement, especially when one considers that Malta does not have any high speed motorways and highways.

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It is also an element of enforcement and on educating drivers to use front and rear seat-belts and other safety equipment, safer vehicles on the roads and an overall improvement in the behaviour and attitude towards safe driving. All these will lead to the reduction of traffic fatalities and injuries.

The following is an analysis of the road accident data, which data is collected by the Malta Police and analysed by Transport Malta and the National Statistics Office (NSO). This data analysis will lead to a better and more in-depth understanding of the challenges being faced. The data within this document was acquired from TM through the NSO.

Table 1: Number of fatalities, grievous injuries and slight injuries in the last (10) years
Death and serious injuries should not be considered as inevitable when travelling by road. Road accidents will continue to occur because people will always make mistakes no matter how well instructed and informed they may be, however we do not have to accept a transportation system that allows people to be killed or severely injured.

Through the process of educating road users and the enforcing of road rules to encourage safe behavior, a holistic approach will be demanded to addressing the road safety challenges on the road network.

Hence the speeds at which we travel, the safety of the vehicle we use and the level of protection of the roads are to be combined and managed to ensure that when collisions occur these do not result in fatalities or grievous injuries.

To achieve these targets an effort to improve the quality of the roads, to have safer vehicles, to improve compliance with legislation and road rules and to promote a road safety culture at all levels of