Croatia still among EU countries with highest number of road fatalities

ROMANIA TRAFFIC POLICE HOLIDAY

epa11548911 A Romanian police officer shows the final screen reading of an alcohol test device to the media after performing a test to a driver during a preventive action, organized by the General Police Inspectorate, on the A2 Bucharest-Constanta highway, southeast of Bucharest, Romania, 14 August 2024. In Romania, all state employees will have a mini-holiday between 15 and 18 August, for the Assumption of the Virgin Mary feast celebrated on 15 August by Orthodox believers. About 24,500 employees of the Ministry of the Interior will be mobilized across the country to supervise public order and traffic in the resorts, on tourist routes, in leisure areas and in crowded places such as stations, airports, ports, fairs, and houses of worship. The highest rate of deaths from road accidents, among all European Union states, was recorded in Romania (86 deaths per one million inhabitants), according to the data published in 2022 by the European Statistical Office. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT

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