Officers say they stopped 1,184 drunk drivers during their Safe Easter 2023 road safety campaign, which lasted from Good Friday to Easter Monday.
Meanwhile, 269 drivers temporarily lost their licences for exceeding the speed limit by more than 50 kph in built-up areas, traffic police spokesman Robert Opas told reporters.
The Easter weekend is usually when Poles spend time with their extended families and travel extensively to visit their relatives. Family gatherings are often accompanied by alcohol.
One person died and three others were injured when two cars collided head on near the town of Olsztynek, in northern Poland, on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023, reporters were told. Photo: PAP/KM PSP Olsztyn
During last year’s four-day Easter weekend, 27 people died and 202 were injured in 174 road accidents nationwide, according to police statistics cited by state news agency PAP.
A total of 1,896 people were killed and 24,743 injured in 21,322 accidents on Polish roads in 2022 as a whole, according to police data released last week.
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Source: IAR, PAP, TVP Info