BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr.13
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The number of registered cars in Kazakhstan amounted to 154,089 vehicles over the period from January through February 2021, which is 2.8 percent more than during the same period of 2020, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
As of Mar. 1, 2021, the total number of passenger cars registered in Kazakhstan amounted to 3.8 million.
The committee noted that 85.6 percent of registered cars work on gasoline. Some 12.2 percent of the cars operate on mixed fuel, 2.1 percent on diesel fuel, and 0.1 percent on LPG.
The number of registered car accidents amounted to 1,768 cases over the course of the months, which is 6.6 percent less than during the same period of 2020. Some 2,657 people were injured in these accidents.
As of Mar. 1, 2021, insurance companies made 12,968 payments worth 5.7 billion tenge (approximately $13.1 million) on Compulsory Civil Liability Insurance of Vehicle Owners.
By a decree of Kazakhstan's President Kassym Jomart Tokayev, as a result of the spreading coronavirus pandemic, a quarantine regime has been introduced in a number of Kazakh cities and regions, thus restricting transportation and use of personal vehicles.
Due to the introduced restrictions, the number of car accidents has significantly decreased all across the country.
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