Aggression road safety problem for Italy?

Data from Italy reveals a worrying trend with regard to road rage incidents. In the first six months of 2014, cases involving aggression between road users has led to 76 serious incidents. This has included five deaths and 16 serious injuries. Police data suggests that the number of road rage incidents is increasing. Drugs played a role in just 5% of incidents while only nine of the 76 incidents took place at night.
July 23, 2014 Read time: 1 min

Data from Italy reveals a worrying trend with regard to road rage incidents. In the first six months of 2014, cases involving aggression between road users has led to 76 serious incidents. This has included five deaths and 16 serious injuries. Police data suggests that the number of road rage incidents is increasing. Drugs played a role in just 5% of incidents while only nine of the 76 incidents took place at night.

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