How many accidents have there been in Poland since the beginning of the year? The police handed over the data
Since the beginning of the year, there have been over 19,000 accidents on Polish roads, in which over 1,800 people have died. persons – informed about the World Accident Victims Remembrance Day to commander Robert Opas from the Road Traffic Office of the Police Headquarters. These are smaller numbers than in previous years.
Robert Opas emphasizes that World Accident Remembrance Day, pending reflection. A memorial day for those who lost their lives on the road – he pointed out.
It was celebrated for the first time in 1995 on the initiative of several associations, including the Federation of Road Accident Victims – FEVR. In 2005, the General Assembly re-assembled on Sunday as World Road Traffic Victims Remembrance Day (World Road Traffic Remembrance Day – ed.) – he explained.
Performed by, the safety of Polish roads is systematically improving.
For safety, if you measure ages from us – drivers and other road users. From prudence, not cool knowledge, overlapping with provisions on rewarding others – He said.
We put cards with cards, always remember that it is from our behavior, we fixed sections, in accordance with the law dependent on wearing, always and the strongest participant – he reminded.
Robert Opas also provided data on accidents on Polish roads. In 2020, 2,491 people died. In 2011, there were as many as 4,189 victims – he gave.
This year’s data for the first 10 months to 19,110 accidents in which 1,864 people died. These are lower figures in previous years, even remembering 2020, which is a period than the peaks of the coronavirus epidemic. In 2020, at the same time, we recorded 20,171 accidents in which 22,804 people died. In 2019, there were 25,298 accidents, and 2,435 people died on the road – he calculated.
Each year, over one million people die in road accidents worldwide. Behind every road accident there is a human drama. It affects not only the injured not only the injured, but also – she added.