The Red de Fiscales de Seguridad Vial De Andalucia (Andalucian Road Safety Public Prosecutor's Network) has published its breakdown of the road crime figures for Andalucia in 2007. According to the report, which gathers Guardia Civil data from the region, last year in Andalucia there were 3,501 arrests for traffic offences, 481 deaths in road accidents, 2,855 people seriously injured and 434,125 fines were handed out.In Almeria 237 people were arrested in 2007 for traffic offences.
There is also information about the impact of the new traffic laws. Since December 2 last year driving under the influence of alcohol and exceeding the speed limit depending on the severity of the offence can be classified as serious crimes with prison sentences from 3 to 6 months as well as fines and thirty to ninety days community service and the loss of a driving licence from one to four years. Since these changes in the law there have been 149 arrests in the province of Almeria for driving under the effects of alcohol, of which 60 were caught in random spot checks, 48 were tested positive after being involved in road accidents and 41 were caught after being stopped for committing a driving infraction. So far in Almeria no one has been arrested under the new legislation which makes driving at more than 60 kmph in urban areas or exceeding the speed limit on any road by more than 80 kmph a crime punishable with a prison sentence.
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