Infrastructure minister praises rising safety of Polish roads
Infrastructure Minister Dariusz Klimczak said on Wednesday that 2025 was the safest year so far on Polish roads, with decreases in the number of accidents, fatalities, and serious injuries.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Klimczak reported that 1,651 people died on Polish roads in 2025, down by 245 from a year before.
"Of course, the number is still too high, but the trend is optimistic," he said, adding that the decrease also concerned the number of accidents and people seriously injured in them.
Klimczak said that the new regulations that allow for taking away driving licences of motorists who exceed the speed limit by 50 km/h outside built-up areas should further improve the situation.
"We hope that the regulations that were passed last year will bring about better road safety in 2026," he said. "We hope that this is where the statistics on the number of accidents, fatalities and injuries will improve."
According to Deputy Infrastructure Minister Stanislaw Bukowiec, who also attended the press conference, infrastructure investments, including new ring roads, pavements and cycle paths, as well as social campaigns, have all contributed to improving road safety.
"As part of the Vision Zero programme, we want to improve statistics," Bukowiec said, adding that the ultimate goal was to eliminate fatalities from Polish roads altogether by 2050.
Preliminary data from police show that last year there were 21,000 accidents on Polish roads in which 1,651 people were killed and over 24,700 were injured. Compared to 2024, there were 519 fewer accidents, 245 fewer fatalities and 67 fewer injuries. Police officers stopped 95,262 drunk drivers, 2,938 more than in the previous year, but this could be the effect of increased checks. (PAP)
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