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BY KARENA BENNETT Senior business reporter bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 9, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) has launched one of its largest recruitment exercises in recent years, advertising more than 30...
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May 9, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) continues to report double digit reductions in road fatalities five months into the year. Accor...
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April 11, 2026
The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is reporting that 71 people have been killed in 62 fatal crashes since the start of the year. According to the ITA ...
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April 2, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Motorists can now expect email renewal reminders for their digital certificates of fitness, following new enhancements introduced ...
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March 21, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is reporting that 52 road users have been killed in 45 fatal crashes since the start of the yea...
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March 7, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is reporting that 78 per cent of the 45 people killed in motor vehicle crashes since the start ...
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February 7, 2026
Of the 26 people who have been killed in motor vehicle crashes since the start of the year, 17 were drivers of private motor vehicles and their passen...
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January 11, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Thirty-two people were killed in 27 fatal crashes during the month of December 2025 according to the Island Traffic Authority (ITA)....
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December 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is reporting that 24 people were killed in 20 fatal crashes during the month of November. The ...
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November 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is advising the public that several of its services have been temporarily relocated due to dama...
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October 31, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) has announced that operations at several of its service hubs, which were suspended following th...
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October 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) has announced a suspension of driver’s licence tests at its service hub in Swallowfield, St And...
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October 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The number of people killed in motor vehicle crashes in Jamaica since the start of the year has passed the 300-mark. This is accor...
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September 27, 2025
Seventeen more people were killed on the nation’s roads as at Friday, September 26 when compared to the similar nine-month period in 2024 according to...
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September 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is reporting that up to September 9, 2025, road fatalities climbed by four per cent compared to...
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August 30, 2025
There has been a four per cent increase in road fatalities this year, when compared with the similar period in 2024. As of Friday, August 29, some 256...
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August 29, 2025
KINGSTON , Jamaica — The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is advising the public that three of its service hubs (Examination Depots) will be used as...
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August 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is warning against the dangerous practice of political party supporters protruding bodies or bo...
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August 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The parish of St Catherine was the most dangerous for road users between April and June when 16 people perished while traversing t...
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August 1, 2025
Ninety-six people have been killed in 85 fatal crashes as of the second quarter ending June 30, according to the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) in its...
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July 27, 2025
The police, at the start of April, were taking credit for a big 20 per cent reduction in road fatalities; they attributed the decline to, among other ...
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July 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) has announced that all 15 of its service hubs across the island will close early at 2:00 pm on ...
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