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1,893 dead, 24,125 hurt on Polish roads in 2023: police

27.03.2024 08:00
A total of 1,893 people were killed and 24,125 injured in 20,936 accidents on Polish roads last year, according to police data.
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The death toll was 0.2 percent down on 2022, the National Police Headquarters (KGP) has said.

Meanwhile, the number of those injured decreased by 2.5 percent, and the number of road accidents fell by 1.8 percent from a year earlier, the National Police Headquarters said, as cited by state news agency PAP.

At the start of 2022, stricter traffic rules took effect in the country with tougher fines for drivers as part of efforts to improve road safety.

Under rules that took effect in the country in May 2021, drivers must give priority to pedestrians who are about to step onto a crosswalk, as well as those who are already on it.

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Source: PAP