A 19-year-old motorcyclist has died after crashing into a truck that was parked on a service road in Kock (Lublin Province). The police are investigating the details of the incident.
The accident occurred yesterday in Kock at around 5:20 p.m. on the service road near DK 48.
For unknown reasons, a 19-year-old driver of a Yamaha motorcycle crashed into a parked truck with a semi-trailer on a straight section of the road.
A motorcyclist crashed into a truck KPP Lubartów
The body was secured for autopsy.
“Despite the resuscitation attempts, the man's life could not be saved,” wrote Staff Sergeant Jagoda Stanicka from the District Police Headquarters in Lubartów in a statement.
The officers are investigating, under the supervision of the prosecutor, how the incident occurred. The motorcyclist's body has been secured for an autopsy.
The cause of the accident is being investigated KPP Lubartów
Statistics
Every year, there are over 20,000 road accidents on Polish roads. In 2023, according to unofficial data, 1,669 people died and 22,944 were injured. A year earlier, the figures were 1,896 and 24,743, respectively.
In 9 out of 10 accidents, the drivers were to blame. Young drivers aged 18-24 had the highest accident rate per 10,000 residents. The cause of nearly 35 percent of the accidents they caused was not adjusting speed to traffic conditions.
After changing the regulations on pedestrian priority at crossings, taking away driving licenses for flagrant speeding and increasing fines, statistics from the last few years show that safety on Polish roads has improved. In 2019, there were 2,909 fatalities, almost 1,300 more than in 2023.
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