Poland has one of the highest death rates in Europe from road traffic accidents.
Between 2005 and 2009 the typical day saw 14 or 15 people killed in horrific circumstances.
On average for every person killed on the roads about 10 are seriously injured. So around 144 people were also seriously injured every day in Poland.
Pointing this out in no way detracts from the import and seriousness of the rail accident that is currently being splashed across the media in Europe, in which 15 people died and 54 were injured.
The point is that we should take our everyday transport tragedies just as seriously.
