Review of the Road of Safety in the Years 2001-2023

Abstract

Polish roadways are seeing an annual increase in the number of automobiles. Even though the frequency of traffic accidents is declining, many individuals lose their lives and suffer serious injuries each year. Driving while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs is the leading cause of traffic accidents and a major problem on Polish roads. Over 80 accidents occur every day on average in recent years, resulting in 7 fatalities and over 1000 injuries. For this reason, it makes sense to examine Poland's road traffic safety situation from 2001 to 2023 in order to make improvements. On the basis of the research carried out, it was found that the highest number of accidents occurs in the holiday months, on Friday, during the day, in the afternoon, in good weather conditions, and in a built-up area on a straight section of road. On the basis of a review of the state of security in Poland in the years 2001-2023, solutions are proposed to improve the state of road safety in Poland.

Received: 12 November 2024 | Revised: 15 January 2025 | Accepted: 8 April 2025

Conflicts of Interest

The author declares that he has no conflicts of interest to this work.

Data Availability Statement

Data available on request from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Author Contribution Statement

Piotr Gorzelańczyk: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Visualization, Supervision, Project administration.