STATISTICAL YEARBOOK OF THE JIHOČESKÝ REGION 2004 |
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10. CRIME, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, FIRES The presented data on crime and traffic accidents were compiled from data source processed by the Police Headquarters of the CR. ##### CRIME Other offences include offences of violence, offences against property and against morality, frauds and other criminal acts. ##### TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Traffic accident is an event occurring on a road (a car crash etc.) and resulting in death or injury, or causing property damage, which is directly related to the operation of a vehicle. All accidents of which the Police is notified are computer recorded and stored. Excluded for this purpose are events in which a vehicle is damaged, or a person killed or injured, without any connection to a collision with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal or fixed obstacle (e.g. damage during repairs, unloading or loading of a vehicle). For the purpose of computer records, a killed person is a person who died on the spot, during transport to hospital, or within 24 hours after the accident. The record is updated if a person involved in an accident dies in the period from 24 hours to 30 days after the accident occurs. Severe injury is a serious disorder or illness, as classified usually by a physician. Light injury is any injury except a severe one. For the purpose of computer records, light injury is injury to physical or mental functions even if the person concerned is not incapacitated for work. ##### FIRES Data on fires and main reasons for the action of fire and rescue service units were compiled from information prepared by the Czech Fire and Rescue Service.
© Czech Statistical Office, 2004 Regional Office České Budějovice