In October, according to preliminary data, both the number of accident victims and the number of injured or the total number of accidents fell significantly year-on-year this year. Compared to last October, the number of seriously and slightly injured fell by about a third to 119 severely injured and 1,437 slightly injured as of 30 October. The number of traffic accidents decreased by about a quarter to 7,350. Also for the whole period from January to October, there is a significant decrease compared to last year, both in the number of deaths, injuries and the number of accidents, mostly by about a tenth.
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Among the victims of accidents in October this year, most were car drivers, who accounted for more than a third of all deaths. Bikers, who died in accidents according to the Evil Nine in October, also had a large share in the total number of deaths.
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The most tragic accident this October was one of the last fatal accidents, on Friday 30 October. During the collision of a van with a truck on Friday afternoon between Chvojenec and Holice in the Pardubice region, four people died and two others were seriously injured. Today, three more people died after a car accident near Nové Hrady in the České Budějovice region.
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The number of road accident victims has fallen this year in most months compared to last year. The exceptions were January and February, when the number of deaths increased year-on-year, and August, when the number of deaths was the same as last year.
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However, according to the head of the traffic police, this year is very specific due to restrictions imposed by the state in connection with the covid-19 pandemic. According to him, it is difficult to evaluate the development of accident statistics. “Predicting development is very difficult,” he said.
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