Shocking news from Hungarian roads – Accidents on the rise
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According to vezess.hu, much more accidents have happened in Hungary this year than last year, not to mention that the number of injuries has also grown significantly. Why could it be?
Slowly but firmly it can be stated that the billions of forints spent on the Véda system (public road intelligent camera network) have not yet brought the results expected – given that the aim was the reduction of the number of accidents.
Since the installation of the system, the rate of accidents has grown prominently.
Based on the most recent data, between the 1st of January and 31st of May, 2018, altogether 6,289 road accidents overtaking casualties happened, which is 13% more than the rate from last year (5,564). 725 more accidents happened, which almost means five more accidents every day compared to last year.
While last year there were 202 deathly accidents (218 people) in the given period, this year 229 people died in 203 accidents. Regarding passengers, 19 more fell victim to different accidents.