Arpine Sargsyan says 2026 has so far brought seven fewer road deaths and 40 fewer injuries than the comparable 2025 period; she calls for tougher fines to prevent violations.
Armenia had 95 fewer road deaths in 2025 than in 2024, Interior Minister Arpine Sargsyan said at a briefing, according to an October 26 report by Armenpress. She said the available figures showed seven fewer road deaths and 40 fewer injuries so far in 2026 than during the comparable period of 2025.
The comparisons do not specify the underlying totals or the exact date through which the 2026 figures were counted.
Sargsyan said recent changes include a 20% reduction in fines for switching to electronic notifications and a 30% reduction for paying within 15 days. The Patrol Service had doubled detection of several types of safety-related violations and tripled it in some cases, but the expected change in behaviour had not fully appeared.
Sargsyan called for tougher penalties to prevent violations, not to raise state revenue. In her view, the improvement in deaths and injuries should not be credited solely to the Patrol Service. The amount of a fine for double parking remains open to discussion, and efforts to reduce violations and crashes will continue.
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