TBILISI, October 1 – Georgia has introduced tougher requirements for drivers seeking licenses to operate large vehicles with trailers. As of October 1, candidates applying for CE and DE categories, covering heavy trucks and buses with trailers, as well as the C1E and D1E subcategories, must pass a new two-stage practical exam. Holders of regular … Read more
TBILISI, September 18 – Georgia’s public transport fleet is showing its age. According to the country’s statistics office, almost 93 percent of all minibuses and buses in Georgia are more than ten years old. The 2024 data show a total of 54,600 buses and minibuses registered nationwide. Of these, 50,600, or 92.7 percent, were built … Read more
TBILISI, September 1 – In the first six months of 2025, Georgia recorded 2,860 road accidents, leaving 3,860 injured and 216 dead. Compared to last year, fatalities have risen by 20%, prompting warnings from road safety advocates that urgent action is needed. The new figures are a marked setback on the background of a UN-backed … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–Four died, and 21 were reportedly injured when a minivan full of schoolchildren rolled into a ravine near Tbilisi Saturday.
One child and three adults were killed, the latter reportedly parents of schoolchildren.
21 people were injured, including 12 children.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A pregnant woman was among the five who were killed in a horrendous road accident along a highway in western Georgia on Sunday.
The accident happened at night, along a highway near Kutaisi in the west of the country.
First two cars collided head-on,
TBILISI, DFWatch–An 11 year old girl was killed in a car crash on the outskirts of Tbilisi on Tuesday.
The tragic accident occurred in the morning hours Tuesday on Aghmashenebeli Lane on the northern outskirts of the city.
The car, presumably a BMW,
TBILISI, DFWatch–One person died and eight were injured Saturday in an accident in the south of Georgia.
The accident happened on the Tbilisi-Akhaltsikhe highway near Atskuri at about 13:00.
The local newspaper Sknews.ge reported that a truck crashed with a minibus
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two men died in a car accident in a mountainous area in the southwest of Georgia on Monday. One woman survived and was taken to hospital.
The accident happened in Keda, a municipality in the Adjara region.
The local gamgebeli
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two people died in a car accident in the Georgian town Rustavi on Wednesday.
Interpressnews reports that a Mercedes travelling at high speed crashed into lighting pole on Mshenebeli Street near Public School No 2.
Two men died on the spot.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Three people died in a serious car accident on Sunday in Gori, a town 80km west of the capital.
A small Mercedes car and a truck crashed.
The driver of the truck survived and was taken to hospital. But all the occupants of the small car