Road Accidents and the Main Measures Take in the Czech Republic
An Overview Since 1993
|
Year |
Number of Killed |
Number of Accidents |
Number of Accidents/Number
of Killed |
Main Measures Taken |
|
1993 |
1 355 |
152 157 |
112,22 |
|
|
1994 |
1 437 |
156 242 |
106,07 |
|
|
1995 |
1 384 |
175 520 |
126,82 |
|
|
1996 |
1 386 |
201 697 |
145,52 |
Act No 12/1997 – the first Act including the Highway Code (up to this date only decrees) |
| 1997 |
1 411 |
198 431 |
140,63 |
Introduction of the 50 kmph speed limit in urban areas |
| 1998 |
1 204 |
210 138 |
174,53 |
|
| 1999 |
1 322 |
225 690 |
170,71 |
|
| 2000 |
1 336 |
211 516 |
158,32 |
Act No. 361/2000 introduced
- Penalty point system
- DRL
- Mandatory child restraint devices (including exemption)
- Stricter penalties
|
| 2001 |
1 219 |
185 664 |
152,31 |
|
| 2002 |
1 341 |
190 718 |
141,22 |
|
| 2003 |
1 319 |
195 851 |
148,48 |
|
| 2004 |
1 215 |
196 470 |
161,70 |
National Road Safety Strategy
Start of The Action Project |
| 2005 |
1 127 |
199 262 |
176,81 |
|
| 2006 |
956 |
187 965 |
196,62 |
Act No 411/2006 Amending the Act No. 361/2000
The Action continues |
| 2007 |
1 123 |
182 736 |
162,72 |
- „Domluvme se!“ (EUROBOB) campaign
- The Action continues
|
| 2008 |
985 – předběžná data |
159 990
předběžná data |
162,42 |
- „Nemyslíš.Zaplatíš!“ campaign
- The Action continues
- „Domluvme se!“ continues
|
Basic Facts – “Top Ten” Road Accidents Since 1993 To 2008
- Most of road accidents were in 1999 - 225 690 road accidents;
- Most of persons killed were in 1994 - 1 473 persons killed;
- In 1993 in every 112nd road accident a person was killed (the worst year);
- Year 1993 was the best year with regards to number of road accidents - 152 157 road accidents;
- Year 2006 was the best year with regards to number of persons killed - 956 persons killed;
- In 2006 in every 197th road traffic accident a person was killed (the best year).
Implementation of the National Road Safety Strategy – State of Art to the 1st January 2009
In 2004 the Czech Government approved the National Road Safety Strategy with the target to cut number of person killed by 50 % of data of 2002 up to 2010. The target of the Strategy is fully in line with the target of the EU Action Programme on Road Safety. In reality of the Czech Republic the target means to have less than 657 persons killed up to 24 hours after an accidents and to have less than 716 persons killed up to 30 days after an accidents.
How achieving the target goes along shows the following graph and table.
Road Traffic Accidents in 2008 – Basic Data
