Pedestrian collisions with trams in Prague fell last year to their lowest level in a decade, excluding the pandemic years, according to newly released data from the DPP.

The city’s public transport operator recorded 72 collisions between pedestrians and trams in 2025, a 14.3 percent decrease compared with 2024.

Two of those incidents were fatal, the same number as the previous year. Sixteen resulted in serious injuries, while most others ended in minor or no injuries.

Accidents involving buses and trolleybuses and pedestrians also declined. The company registered 22 such cases, down 8.3 percent year on year. None resulted in a pedestrian fatality.

The overall number of collisions between public transport vehicles and cars also dropped. Bus and trolleybus accidents involving other vehicles decreased by 10.5 percent to 824 cases, an average of 2.3 incidents per day.

Tram collisions with passenger and freight vehicles fell by 5.6 percent to 1,229 cases, or roughly 3.4 per day. According to the transport company, these are the lowest figures in the past 10 years, excluding 2020 and 2021 when mobility was restricted.

Despite a 2.2 percent rise in passenger numbers and higher overall movement across the city, most monitored collision indicators improved, said DPP spokesperson Aneta Řehková.

The decline in pedestrian-tram collisions was visible across different locations. Compared with 2024, incidents at pedestrian crossings fell by 17 percent. Collisions outside crossings decreased by about 15 percent, and cases at tram stops dropped by nearly 29 percent.

The number of seriously injured pedestrians fell sharply, down 43 percent from the previous year. While there were fewer incidents without injury, the number of people with minor injuries rose slightly. The number of fatalities remained unchanged at two.

In long-term comparison, the latest figures represent roughly a one-third reduction from the worst pre-pandemic years.

Certain stretches of track accounted for a disproportionate share of cases. The section between I P Pavlova and Štěpánská recorded six pedestrian-tram collisions, the highest number in the city.

The routes between Invalidovna and Florenc, and between Drinopol and Pohořelec, each saw four incidents. Together, the three most affected sections accounted for about one-fifth of all pedestrian-tram collisions.

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