(ANSA) - Forli, January 26 - Hit-and-run accidents were up
3.7% in 2014, with a total of 1,009 hit-and-runs reported,
despite an overall decline in traffic accidents, according to a
report released on Monday by the Association of Supporters and
Friends of Traffic Police (ASAPS).
In investigations following the hit-and-runs, 57.8% of the
perpetrators were caught, 24.2% of whom were non-Italian.
The majority of the hit-and-runs occurred in Lombardy
(141), followed by Emilia-Romagna (105), Veneto (94), and Lazio
(92).
The ASAPS study doesn't examine all cases of hit-and-runs
in Italy but only those deemed the "most serious" in that they
made news or were selected according to specific criteria by the
700 members of ASAPS.
Hit-and-run accidents up 3.7% in 2014
57.8% of those who left the scene were identified last year