The ANSR figures, based on data from Portugal’s two police forces, the GNR and the PSP, identified a total of 111,554 accidents in this period, a figure up by 4,469 on 2014.
The report furthermore detailed the worst transport blackspots with Lisbon (55 deaths), Oporto (53) and Coimbra (36) leading the way whilst Guarda (7) and Portalegre (8) were the safest district capitals to travel around in.
Indeed, road safety in Portugal has taken a step backwards this year across every indicator with the numbers left seriously injured rising by 39 to total 1,993 peoplewhilst there were 227 more slightly injured people in this period, totalling 34,186 in 2015.
The ANSR data refers to fatalities that are either declared dead at the scene of the accident or who lose their lives while en route to hospital.
In related news, the Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered the National Civil Protection Authority to open an inquiry to discover the circumstances surrounding the aid that was provided at a pile up on the A12 motorway last week that left one dead and 15 injured.
A ministry source told Lusa News Agency, the decision was taken following information about a possible delay in help to the only fatal victim, a 55-year-old woman, who was only found in the wreckage more than two hours after the accident on Wednesday morning on the motorway heading towards the Vasco da Gama bridge over the Tagus.