The Regional Road, which stretches from St Julian’s towards the University of Malta, has claimed five lives in as many years, making it the country’s most deadly stretch of tarmac, according to data obtained from the National Statistics Office.
The Coast Road places second in terms of fatalities, as four people died there since 2014.
But the scenic drive takes the top spot as the most dangerous road since it was the site of 31 serious or fatal injuries.
This was followed by St Andrew’s Road that links Swieqi and St Julian’s – where 26 people suffered serious injuries and three died since 2014.
St Andrew’s Road leads just off the Coast Road and onto the Regional Road (officially called Mikiel Anton Vassalli Road) making the three roads – located on the outskirts of the entertainment hub Paceville – Malta’s deadliest and most dangerous.
This emerged from the figures obtained by the NSO that show the number of serious injuries and fatalities that occurred on the road in Malta and Gozo from 2014 until June 2019. The data does not distinguish between motorists and pedestrians. (A recent report by the European Transport Safety Council showed that half the deaths that occurred on...
