Road accident rate decreased by 35 cases in January–May 2010 as compared with 2009, head of Yerevan traffic patrol service of the RA Police Norik Sargsyan stated.

As he told a news conference in Yerevan, a decrease in road accident victims’ number was also observed with fatal accidents and injuries rate falling by 26 and 60 respectively.

“Running-down accidents decreased by 20-30% compared with 2009,” he noted, adding that 12809 pedestrians were fined in January–May 2010, with 60% making immediate payments.