Road fatalities in Czech Republic above European average

The Czech Republic has one of the highest rates of road fatalities in Europe, suggests a report released by the European Transport Safety Council on Monday. Around 39,000 people died in road accidents in the EU last year, with over 1,000 of these deaths being caused by accidents on Czech roads. According to the report, the Czech Republic has one of the highest rates of road fatalities per capita in the whole of the European Union. Nine countries in the 27-state bloc fared worse than the Czech Republic in the Safety Council’s report. Last year, however, road deaths were down in the Czech Republic by 12 percent on 2007’s figures.