At least seven people die on Czech roads at the weekend

At least seven people have died in car accidents on Czech roads this weekend the Czech Press Agency has reported. According to police statistics, a further 24 people were injured on Czech roads over the past two days and that there were 439 accidents in total. Last week was the worst in terms of car accidents this year with 32 people dying on Czech roads.

So far this year, there has been an increase of fourteen percent in the number of road fatalities compared with the same period last year. In the first six months of 2006, there were 102,000 car accidents on Czech roads with 434 deaths. In the same period this year, there have been 86,000 accidents and 495 deaths.