I will stretch here and there will be a git. There are more and more accident cars on the roads

Next to the Greeks, Czechs and Romanians, we drive the oldest cars in Europe. In addition, the accident past has over 80 percent. used cars in Poland – writes “Rzeczpospolita” on Friday.

“Rz” refers to the information of Carfax, which in the database collected data on over 20 million used cars in Poland. “Her latest data, covering the first quarter of 2025, shows that a collision or accident has in its history over 80 percent of used cars. It is 6 percent percentage points more than in the first three months before a year ago,” we read.

The editors informs that the report of the European ACEA Vehicle Manufacturers Association “Vehicles on European Roads” presented in January 2025 shows that at the end of 2023, just over 20 million passenger cars drove in Poland, which was the fifth fleet in the EU after Germany (49.1 million), Italy (40.9 million) and France (39.3 million) and France (39.3 million) and France (39.3 million) and Spain (26 million).

“However, in terms of the average age of cars in the entire passenger car park – 15.1 years – we are in the tail of the rate. The average for the EU is 12.5 years, for Germany 10.3 years; Austria 9.3 years; Luxembourg 8 years” – emphasizes “Rz”. As he notes, only Greeks (17.5 years), the Czechs (16.2) and Romani (15.4) drive cars older than us.

He also indicates that “from the beginning of this year, the number of used electric cars imported from abroad to Poland increased by 30.9 percent year -on -year.”

He adds that the average age of an electrician on Polish roads is three years. “It's almost five times less than in the case of all used cars in the country. Its medium course is small and amounts to 56,000 kilometers, only every fourth was once damaged,” he says. (PAP)

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