
In the first quarter of 2012, 223 road accidents killed 49 people and injured 247 in Baku. Some 83 accidents (26 killed, 100 wounded) were caused by high-speed.
Negligence of drivers and inattention of pedestrians are also among the causes of the road accidents, Baku State Central Traffic Police Department spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Vagif Asadov said. Recently, such road accidents were spotted by the Safe City camera system.