Comparing to the same period of 2007 the police road accident statistics shows:
- decrease of number of accidents by 7 908 road accidents (9,1 %)
- decrease of number of persons killed by 49 persons (9,9 %)
- decrease of number of persons seriously injured by 144 persons (7,5 %)
- decrease of number of persons slighly injured by 205 persons (1,7 %)
Table 1: Trend in road traffic accidents during 1st half of a year since 1999
| |
Number of Accidents |
Killed |
Seriously Injured |
Slightly Injured |
|
1999 |
105 350 |
537 |
2 693 |
12 690 |
|
2000 |
104 257 |
607 |
2 487 |
12 551 |
|
2001 |
85 521 |
516 |
2 483 |
12 723 |
|
2002 |
87 517 |
565 |
2 450 |
12 992 |
|
2003 |
93 097 |
604 |
2 382 |
13 809 |
|
2004 |
96 500 |
512 |
2 130 |
13 302 |
|
2005 |
96 565 |
468 |
2 003 |
13 011 |
|
2006 |
102 587 |
434 |
1 945 |
11 528 |
|
2007 |
86 686 |
494 |
1 919 |
11 803 |
|
2008 |
78 778 |
445 |
1 775 |
11 598 |
Main Causes of Road Traffic Accidents and Main Offenders
|
Offender |
Number of accidents |
|
Driver of motor vehicle |
72 541 |
|
Driver of non-motorised vehicle |
959 |
|
Pedestrian |
778 |
|
Other road user |
103 |
|
Road failure |
181 |
|
Technical failure of a vehicle |
455 |
|
Wild or domestic animal |
3 447 |
|
Others |
314 |
Road Traffic accidents Caused Under Influence of Alcohol
| Caused by: |
Number of Accidents |
Difference 1st half of 2007/2008 |
| Driver of personal car |
2882 |
+ 48 |
| Lorry driver |
250 |
+ 61 |
| Cyclist |
188 |
+ 43 |
| Pedestrian |
93 |
+ 7 |
| Motorcycle rider |
51 |
- 11 |
Road Traffic Accidents Involving Children – Number of Killed
| |
Number of killed |
|
1st Half of 2008 |
1st Half of 2007 |
| Pedestrian |
5 |
1 |
| Cyclist |
0 |
2 |
| Passenger in personal car in child restraint device |
4 |
3 |
| Passenger in personal car without child restraint device |
0 |
3 |
