Traffic-related fatalities over summer holidays reach record low

Traffic fatalities over this year’s summer holidays reached a record low this year, the Czech traffic police have reported. 150 died in traffic-related accidents, two less than in the year 2006, when the penalty point system was introduced. With the exception of these two years, the number of fatalities over summer holidays has never been below 200. The worst summer for traffic fatalities was in 2003, when the number rose to 286.