Safety 2017

7.1 Road accidents involving personal injury by country, 1990-2015 (thousand)

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Evolution 1990-2015 (%)
BE 62,4 50,7 49,1 49,3 42,1 40,3 -45,1
BG 6,5 7,4 6,9 8,2 6,6 7,2 10,8
CZ 21,9 28,8 25,4 25,2 19,7 21,6 -1,4
DK 9,2 8,4 7,3 5,4 3,5 2,9 -85,8
DE 389,4 388,0 382,9 336,6 288,3 305,7 -21,9
EE 2,1 1,6 1,5 2,3 1,3 1,4 -47,1
IE 6,1 8,1 7,7 6,5 5,8 5,5 -7,8
EL 19,6 22,8 23,0 16,9 15,0 11,6 -35,0
ES 101,5 83,6 101,7 91,2 85,5 97,8 -3,7
FR 162,6 133,0 121,2 84,5 67,3 56,6 -87,4
HR 14,5 12,7 14,4 15,7 13,3 11,0 -23,8
IT 161,8 182,8 256,5 240,0 211,4 174,5 5,0
CY 3,2 3,1 2,4 1,4 1,2 0,7 -104,2
LV 4,3 4,1 4,5 9,3 3,2 3,7 -14,1
LT 5,1 4,1 5,8 6,8 3,5 3,2 -33,8
LU 1,2 1,2 0,9 0,8 0,8 1,0 -25,9
HU 27,8 19,8 17,5 20,8 16,3 16,3 -65,6
MT 0,2 1,0 1,3 0,8 0,6 1,4 91,2
NL 44,9 42,6 42,3 27,0 12,5 18,5 -62,4
AT 46,3 39,0 42,1 40,9 35,3 38,0 -19,9
PL 50,5 56,9 57,3 48,1 38,8 33,0 -30,6
PT 45,1 48,3 44,5 37,1 35,4 32,0 -29,6
RO 9,7 9,1 7,9 19,8 26,0 28,9 243,8
SI 5,2 6,6 9,0 10,5 7,7 6,6 15,7
SK 8,2 8,7 7,9 7,9 8,1 5,2 -38,9
FI 10,2 7,8 6,6 7,0 6,1 5,2 -75,5
SE 17,0 15,6 15,8 18,1 16,5 14,7 -14,6
UK 265,6 237,3 242,1 203,7 160,1 146,2 -49,3
EU 28 1502,1 1433,0 1505,7 1342,0 1130,4 1090,3 -27,3
ME 9,1 n.a. n.a.
MK 2,3 2,4 1,7 2,8 4,2 n.a. n.a.
IS 0,6 1,1 1,0 0,7 0,9 n.a. n.a.
NO 8,8 8,6 8,4 8,1 6,4 n.a. n.a.
CH 23,8 23,0 23,7 21,7 19,6 n.a. n.a.

Source: CARE; United Nations (Statistics of road traffic accidents), national statistics (MT, candidate countries, IS, CH).

Notes: the definition of an accident involving personal injury differs from country to country. RO: only serious accidents before 2005.

ME : Data used from 2010 and onwards

7.2 Road accidents involving personal injury per one thousand population in EU countries, 2015

Road accidents involving personal injury per one thousand population in EU countries, 2015

Source: EC
Notes:
The definition of an accident involving personal injury differs from country to country.
The number of inhabitants used in this table is the sum of the population at 1 January 2014 and at 1 January 2015 divided by two.

7.3 Road fatalities in EU countries, 2005-2015

2005 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 evolution 14/15 evolution 05/15
BE 1 089 840 862 770 723 727 732 0,7 -32,8
BG 957 776 657 601 601 661 708 7,1 -26,0
CZ 1 286 802 772 742 655 688 734 6,7 -42,9
DK 331 255 220 167 191 182 178 -2,2 -46,2
DE 5 361 3 648 4 009 3 600 3 339 3 377 3 459 2,4 -35,5
EE 170 79 101 87 81 78 67 -14,1 -60,6
IE 400 212 186 162 188 193 166 -14,0 -58,5
EL 1 658 1 258 1 141 988 879 795 805 1,3 -51,4
ES 4 442 2 479 2 060 1 903 1 680 1 688 1 689 0,1 -62,0
FR 5 318 3 992 3 963 3 653 3 268 3 384 3 461 2,3 -34,9
HR 597 426 418 390 368 308 348 13,0 -41,7
IT 5 818 4 114 3 860 3 753 3 401 3 381 3 428 1,4 -41,1
CY 102 60 71 51 44 45 57 26,7 -44,1
LV 442 218 179 177 179 212 188 -11,3 -57,5
LT 773 299 296 302 256 267 242 -9,4 -68,7
LU 47 32 33 34 45 35 36 2,9 -23,4
HU 1 278 740 638 606 591 626 644 2,9 -49,6
MT 17 13 16 9 17 10 11 10,0 -35,3
NL 750 537 546 562 476 477 531 11,3 -29,2
AT 768 552 523 531 455 430 479 11,4 -37,6
PL 5 444 3 908 4 189 3 571 3 357 3 202 2 938 -8,2 -46,0
PT 1 247 937 891 718 637 638 593 -7,1 -52,4
RO 2 629 2 377 2 018 2 042 1 861 1 818 1 893 4,1 -28,0
SI 258 138 141 130 125 108 120 11,1 -53,5
SK 606 353 328 352 251 291 274 -5,8 -54,8
FI 379 272 292 255 258 229 266 16,2 -29,8
SE 440 266 319 285 260 270 259 -4,1 -41,1
UK 3 336 1 905 1 960 1 802 1 770 1 854 1 806 -2,6 -45,9
EU-28 45 943 31 488 30 689 28 243 25 956 25 974 26 112 0,5 -43,2

Source: From 1991: CARE database (DG Mobility and Transport), International Transport Forum, national sources. 1990: IRTAD (OECD)
Notes: Persons killed are all persons deceased within 30 days of the accident. Corrective factors have been applied to the figures which did not follow this definition.

7.6 Lives saved per million inhabitants in EU countries in 2015 (compared to 2001)

Lives saved per million inhabitants in EU countries in 2015 (compared to 2001)

Source: CARE

7.7 Evolution of road fatalities and injured in EU 28, 2003-2015

Evolution of road fatalities and injured in EU 28, 2003-2015

Source: CARE

7.8 Road fatalities by mode of transport in EU 28, 2015

7.8.1 TOTAL

Road fatalities by mode of transport in EU 28, 2015

7.8.2 INSIDE URBAN AREA

Road fatalities by mode of transport in EU 28, 2015

7.8.3 OUTSIDE URBAN AREA

road fatalities inside urban areas chart

Source: CARE (EU road accidents database) or national publications

7.9 PTWs fatalities in selected EU countries, 2015 (%)

PTWs fatalities in selected EU countries, 2015 (%)

Source: CARE database (DG Mobility and Transport), national sources.
Notes: Persons deceased within 30 days of their accident.

7.10 Road fatalities by gender in EU countries, 2015 (%)

7.10 Road fatalities by gender in EU countries, 2015 (%) chart
Source: CARE BE, DK, EL, PL, SE & UK 2014 figures
BG 2009 figures
MT, SK 2010 figures
IE 2013 figures

7.11 Road fatalities by age group in EU 28 and selected countries, 2015 (%)

Road fatalities by age group in EU 28 and selected countries, 2015 chart

Source: IRTAD, CARE, OECD
Data and figures, EU: 2015, Australia: 2015, Israel: 2015, USA:2014, Japan:2014 figures

7.12 Road Fatalities (per 100,000 population) in EU 28 and selected countries, 2014

Road Fatalities (per 100,000 population) in EU 28 and selected countries, 2014 chart

Source: OECD
* Figures & Data, USA: 2014, Australia: 2014, Canada:2014, Israel:2015, Japan:2014, Korea: 2014, Newzealanad:2014

7.14 Fatalities at 30 days by road user type in EU countries

7.14.1 Total

total Fatalities at 30 days by road user type in EU countries chart

7.14.2 Urban

urban Fatalities at 30 days by road user type in EU countries chart

7.14.3 Motorway

motorway Fatalities at 30 days by road user type in EU countries chart

7.14.4 Rural

rural Fatalities at 30 days by road user type in EU countries chart

Source: CARE