24 traffic accidents, in which 9 people were killed and 34 got various physical injuries, took place in Armenia during the first week of 2004. As it was reported to Arminfo agency in the press office of the RA Police, December 31 at approximately 6 p.m. local time a "Ford" passenger minibus ran into a "Mercedes" car on the Kuchak-Aparan highway. Three passengers of the minibus were taken to the hospital with various types of physical injuries. Three people were run over during the same day, one man was killed and two wounded.