During the past weekend, 13 traffic accidents were recorded in the area covered by the Krapina-Zagorje Police Directorate. Of this number, 11 traffic accidents resulted in material damage, while two involved injured persons.
The most severe consequence occurred in Sveti Križ Začretje, where a traffic accident happened due to improper overtaking of a column of vehicles across a solid dividing line. In that accident, one person sustained minor injuries, one person sustained serious injuries, while the motorcyclist died at the scene.
The second accident involving injuries occurred in Marija Bistrica, where one person sustained minor injuries due to failure to keep as close as possible to the right edge of the carriageway. The driver who caused that traffic accident was driving a personal car under the influence of alcohol at 1.76 per mille.
Alcohol was also the cause of a traffic accident in Krapina, where a vehicle did not keep as close as possible to the right edge of the carriageway. The driver who caused that accident was driving under the influence of alcohol at 2.78 per mille.
Among the accidents with material damage, those in Žutnica and Zabok were recorded due to inappropriate speed, while those in Gredice and Zabok were due to improper reversing. Three traffic accidents occurred in Donja Stubica, one of which was due to failure to take measures to prevent the vehicle from moving on its own, another due to improper operation of the vehicle in traffic, and the third due to failure to yield the right of way.
A traffic accident occurred in Gusakovec due to failure to engage the parking brake after parking the vehicle, while traffic accidents occurred in Zabok and Krapinske Toplice due to improper operation of the vehicle.
