Last week, there was not a single day without fatalities on Polish roads. 29 people died and 441 were injured in the accidents, according to police statistics. Since the beginning of this year, almost 1,500 people have lost their lives.
Thursday was particularly tragic last week. Ten people died and 64 more were injured in accidents that day. In terms of the number of people with bodily injuries, Tuesday was the worst, when 84 people were injured. From the beginning of this month to November 24, there were 1,182 cases in Poland road accidentsin which 88 people died. A total of 1,334 people were injured.
How many people died in accidents in 2024
The most tragic month of 2024 turned out to be October. During it, the most people died in accidents – 171. The worst in terms of the number of injured was May – 2,491 people. Since the beginning of this year, a total of 1,490 people have died in accidents in our country and 22,192 have been injured (as of November 24). This is according to statistics published on the Police.pl website.
As explained in an interview with tvn24.pl by Komm. Mariusz Kurczyk, head of the Press and Information Department of the Social Communication Office of the Police Headquarters, the daily data published on the police website is preliminary. This means that the final number of accidents, people injured or killed may change, among others: due to the death of a person in the following days as a result of a road accident from the previous days.
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