Since early 2012, there were administratively punished over 89,000 drivers due to the violation of the traffic rules in Baku, Baku State Central Traffic Police Department spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Vagif Asadov said. But, he said, the traffic accidents recorded in Baku show that many drivers still exceed the speed limit, ignore the traffic light and violate the traffic rules.
During the reported period, there were recorded 233 road accidents that 49 people and injured 247. Some 83 of the road accidents were caused by high speed.