The police had already warned in advance that during Easter they would focus on drivers in the Olomouc Region as well. The patrols mainly focused on observing the speed limit, whether drivers were driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. They also dealt with 65 traffic accidents.
“From Friday to Monday, we saved 65 traffic accidents in the Olomouc region, which was 20 more than last year. A total of 16 people were injured in the accidents, one of them seriously. No one died in the accident,” described police spokesman Libor Hejtman, saying that the police managed to check a total of 540 vehicles from Friday to Monday.
The police collected a total of 215 thousand crowns in fines. “Most often we solved the bad technical condition of the vehicle, in 81 cases. 46 motorists exceeded the maximum speed limit, 16 drivers did not use a seat belt while driving, and 13 drove on the highway without paying the highway stamp. the speaker calculated. A total of 18 drivers in the Olomouc region drove under the influence of alcohol and 3 under the influence of drugs.
Statistics on the number of traffic accidents on the Easter holidays in 2023 and 2024:
| Olomouc region | 7 – 10 April 2023 the number of traffic accidents (TZ – seriously injured) (LZ – lightly injured) | 29 March – 1 April 2024 the number of traffic accidents (TZ – seriously injured) (LZ – lightly injured) |
| Good Friday | 9 (1xLZ) | 21 (4xLZ) |
| White Saturday | 17 (2xLZ) | 17 (1xTZ, 7xLZ) |
| Easter Sunday | 7 (3xLZ) | 11 (3xLZ) |
| Easter Monday | 12 (5xLZ) | 16 (1xLZ) |
| TOTAL | 45 (11xLZ) | 65 (1xTZ, 15xLZ) |
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