During the preventive event “Be seen, you will survive!” the city police focused mainly on pedestrians.
With the advent of autumn, days are shorter and people are more likely to be in road traffic under reduced visibility. The poor visibility is often the cause of tragic accidents.
In the Karlovy Vary region in recent years, the number of pedestrians killed has fallen slightly. In 2015, 34 lost their lives, in 2016 they were 33 and in 2017 there were 24. Police officers in Karlovy Vary are also trying to make pedestrian accidents a downward trend. They were alerting pedestrians to the risk and giving them reflective tapes and other reflective materials in the form of reflective pendants, shoelaces or stickers. Only one day was almost 300 pedestrians approached and awarded in Karlovy Vary.
The poor visibility is often the cause of tragic traffic accidents. In 2017 1140 road pedestrians in the Czech Republic caused 1140 pedestrians, of which there were 101 pedestrians killed in a total of 502 fatalities last year.