Warsaw - The All Saints' holiday weekend claimed 41 lives, while 533 were injured as 1,416 drivers were pulled over for drunk- driving across Poland, Polish media reported on Monday.

Poles celebrated the Christian holidays of All Saints' Day on Saturday and All Souls' Day on Sunday. Christians traditionally visit the graves of relatives on the two days.

Many visited cemeteries to put candles and flowers on the graves of their loved ones, often travelling for hours and making several stops to visit relatives.

Weekend fog made road conditions worse, police said, and many of the accidents involved drivers breaking the speed limit.

It was difficult to compare the holiday statistics with previous years, a police official told the Polish Press Agency (PAP), because this year the accidents involved both drivers marking the holiday and others travelling for the weekend.

But the number of drunk drivers was "horrifying," a spokesman for Warsaw's police said.

The holiday last year saw 306 accidents, with 35 dead and 354 injured. (dpa)