206 people killed on Czech roads over summer holidays

Police have revealed statistics showing that 206 people were killed on Czech roads over the summer months of July and August, a rise of one-third in the number of road deaths compared to the same period last year. According to road safety experts, last summer saw a drop in the number of fatalities on Czech roads as the result of new road safety legislation including a drivers' points system. The rise in accidents on Czech roads so far in 2007 cost traffic police chief Zdenek Bambas his post in July; his successor has promised improvements.