VIDEO: There was one piece of good news about MÁV at the end of the year

So far this year, there have been 61 accidents at level crossings on the MÁV network, a third fewer than last year, and the number of fatalities has also fallen significantly, by almost a quarter, MÁV told MTI on Thursday.

It said that this year, nine people were killed in accidents, seven suffered serious injuries, 12 suffered minor injuries and there were 35 cases of property damage. In the same period last year, there were 90 accidents at level crossings, in which almost four times as many people lost their lives as this year.

Last year, 19 of the 34 victims, including children, were killed as passengers due to driver inattention and failure to obey the rules of the Highway Code. There have been tragic cases in which four, five or seven people have died in the vehicle involved in an accident, they added.

They also said that the number of broken level crossings is still not decreasing, with an average of 800 cases a year, a figure reached by the end of November this year.

“The most common reason is that drivers drive into the level crossing against the signal of the light barrier, pushing away the closing bar,” the statement says.

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Source: MTI