A worrying trend is emerging in the number of fatalities from road traffic collisions. By 28 April 2025, 14 people have lost their lives in 14 fatal crashes. With the year still only in April and another eight months ahead, the figures are fuelling concern over a potentially tragic toll by the end of the year.
In 2023, 45 people were killed in 45 fatal road collisions, while in 2024, 41 deaths were recorded in 36 fatal crashes.
The latest victim on Cyprus’s roads is 21-year-old Angelos Kompos from Limassol, who died on Monday night after being hospitalised in critical condition following a traffic collision. Kompos had been receiving treatment at a Limassol hospital after a crash that occurred on the night of 24 April in Limassol.
According to police, the 21-year-old was a passenger on a motorcycle ridden by a 23-year-old on Georgiou A Avenue in Limassol when, under circumstances still under investigation, the motorcycle crashed into the rear of a car driven by a 20-year-old. Police said neither the rider nor the passenger was wearing a protective helmet.
Investigators continue to probe the causes of the fatal collision. In addition to witness statements, police are examining CCTV footage to establish the exact circumstances that led to the death of Angelos Kompos.
Fatal crashes involving motorcyclists are increasingly proving to be a major concern for traffic police. Last year, 13 of the 45 road traffic fatalities involved motorcyclists. So far this year, up to April, seven of the road deaths involved riders of two-wheeled vehicles, with one of the victims using an electric scooter.
Reconstruction
Meanwhile, traffic police in Nicosia continue to investigate the causes of a fatal road collision that occurred on 27 March, claiming the life of 28-year-old Andreas Antoniou.
As part of the ongoing investigation, a reconstruction of the collision took place last night between 20:00 and 22:00. For the purposes of the reconstruction, a section of Griva Digeni Avenue in Engomi remained closed to traffic.
The examinations were carried out by the Traffic Collision Investigation and Reconstruction Branch of Police Headquarters, in cooperation with the Nicosia Traffic Police investigation team.
The fatal crash occurred on 27 March when a car driven by a 23-year-old on Griva Digeni Avenue in Engomi collided, under circumstances still being examined, with a motorcycle ridden by the 28-year-old victim. Police said the motorcyclist, who was wearing a protective helmet, was taken to Nicosia General Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.