Death toll
A total of 599 people were killed and more than 13.900 injured on the roads last year, according to the annual report of the Ministry of Transport, tabled in Parliament.
The report also said that 35 were killed in pleasureboat accidents, and 20 were killed in aircraft accidents.
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Press, 2 September 1981, Page 20
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