Holiday highway deaths in Poland down slightly

The previous long weekend was a deadly one on Polish roads, but not so much as during the same time period in 2015, according to Polish police. During 2016, 39 people were killed, among 428 accidents investigated. Police headquarters official Dawid Marciniak said in a statement that the ramped-up safety campaign likely played a factor in the decrease in accidents this year, noting that the weather – which was rainy, and hence produced slippery conditions on the roads – didn’t help matters. The decrease in accidents, as well as in the number of drink driving convictions, came in spite of the All Soul’s Day weekend being longer this year than last. Estimates have put the yearly cost of accidents in Poland at USD 6.5 billion.