Number of road fatalities in Czech Republic above EU average

The number of road fatalities in the Czech Republic is above the EU average, new data from the European Commission indicates. According to the latest figures, 73 people per one million residents were killed on Czech roads in 2011, as compared to the EU average of only 62 deaths per million. Overall, the EU saw a drop in road deaths of two percent year-on-year; in the Czech Republic, the figure even decreased by four percent. Compared to 2001, the number of traffic fatalities in the EU has dropped by 45 percent.

Author: Sarah Borufka