Czech Rep. a leader in motorcycling casualties

Brno - The Czech Republic exceeds all other EU member states in the number of casualties in motorcycle accidents. A Czech motorbiker thus has a much higher chance of dying on the road than any other motorbiker in the EU. Only Latvia is the exception. These are the findings of a statistical report for 2001-2007 presented by Transport Research Centre in Brno. The Czech Republic has the highest annual increase of motorcyclist deaths in traffic accidents based on one billion kilometers travelled. "A few countries - the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary and Great Britain - exhibit an increase of this risk. The Czech Republic is the worst of all of these countries," informed experts from the center. While in Europe as a whole the number of casualties in motorbiking accidents is generally stagnating, it is growing in the Czech... [read full story]