Poland is the most dangerous country in the whole European Union as far as the safety of cyclists is concerned. According to the grim statistics, four times as many bikers die in accidents on Polish roads than anywhere else in the twenty seven member bloc.
Danuta Isler reports
Biking in Poland is not a safe pleasure. Around five hundred cyclists are killed on Polish roads every year with another five thousand injured. Contrary to a common misperception, the majority of those victims were not those biking under the influence of alcohol or on improperly lit bikes but children and the elderly who were killed on new or newly modernized roads. Biking organisations indicate the behaviour of car drivers and unclear law among the reasons for such grim statistics.