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Safety 2020

7.1 Road accidents involving personal injury by country, 1990-2018

7.2 Road accidents involving personal injury per one thousand population in EU countries, 2018

Source : Eurostat and OECD
(*) 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 2017 and at 1 January 2018 divided by two.

7.3 Road fatalities in EU countries, 2009-2018

Country 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 evolution 2017/201918 evolution 2009/2018
BE 944 850 862 770 764 745 762 670 609 604 -0,82 -36,02
BG 901 776 656 601 601 661 708 708 682 610 -10,56 -32,30
CZ 901 802 773 742 654 688 734 611 577 656 13,69 -27,19
DK 303 255 220 167 191 182 178 211 175 171 -2,29 -43,56
DE 4.152 3.648 4.009 3.600 3.339 3.377 3.459 3.206 3.180 3.275 2,99 -21,12
EE 98 79 101 87 81 78 67 71 48 67 39,58 -31,63
IE 238 212 186 162 188 193 162 182 156 142 -8,97 -40,34
EL 1.456 1.258 1.141 988 879 795 793 824 731 700 -4,24 -51,92
ES 2.687 2.444 2.042 1.889 1.667 1.680 1.689 1.810 1.830 1.806 -1,31 -32,79
FR 4.273 3.992 3.963 3.653 3.268 3.384 3.459 3.471 3.444 3.246 -5,75 -24,03
HR 548 426 418 393 368 308 348 307 331 317 -4,23 -42,15
IT 4.237 4.114 3.860 3.753 3.401 3.381 3.428 3.283 3.378 3.334 -1,30 -21,31
CY 71 60 71 51 44 45 57 46 53 49 -7,55 -30,99
LV 254 218 179 177 179 212 188 158 136 148 8,82 -41,73
LT 370 299 296 302 256 267 242 192 191 173 -9,42 -53,24
LU 48 32 33 34 45 35 36 32 25 36 44,00 -25,00
HU 822 740 638 605 591 626 644 607 625 633 1,28 -22,99
MT 15 13 16 9 17 10 11 23 19 18 -5,26 20,00
NL 644 537 546 562 476 476 531 533 535 598 11,78 -7,14
AT 633 552 523 531 455 430 479 432 414 409 -1,21 -35,39
PL 4.572 3.908 4.189 3.571 3.357 3.202 2.938 3.026 2.831 2.862 1,10 -37,40
PT 823 937 891 718 637 638 593 563 602 704 16,94 -14,46
RO 2.796 2.377 2.018 2.042 1.861 1.818 1.893 1.913 1.951 1.867 -4,31 -33,23
SI 171 138 141 130 125 108 120 130 104 91 -12,50 -46,78
SK 384 371 325 352 251 295 310 275 276 260 -5,80 -32,29
FI 279 272 292 255 258 229 270 258 238 239 0,42 -14,34
SE 358 266 319 285 260 270 259 270 253 324 28,06 -9,50
UK 2.337 1.905 1.960 1.802 1.770 1.854 1.804 1.860 1.856 1.839 -0,92 -21,31
EU 28 35.315 31.481 30.668 28.231 25.983 25.987 26.162 25.672 25.250 25.178 -0,29 -28,70

Source : Eurostat

7.4 Percentage change in road fatalities between 2000 and 2018 (%)

Source : Eurostat

7.5 Road fatalities country rankings, 2017

Fatalities
2017
per million inhabitants per 10 billion pkm per million passenger cars
SE 25 SE 22 SE 53
UK 28 UK 27 UK 58
DK 30 IE 28 LU 63
NL 31 DK 29 NL 64
IE 32 LU 32 MT 66
EE 36 DE 33 EE 67
DE 38 FI 35 DE 69
ES 39 EE 35 DK 70
MT 41 SI 38 FI 70
LU 42 NL 38 IE 75
FI 43 IT 43 ES 79
AT 47 FR 45 AT 85
EU-28 49 AT 49 IT 88
SI 50 EU-28 50 SI 94
SK 51 ES 53 EU-28 96
FR 52 BE 57 CY 102
BE 54 LT 59 CZ 106
CZ 54 PT 64 BE 107
IT 56 EL 68 FR 107
PT 58 MT 70 PT 121
CY 62 CZ 74 SK 127
HU 64 CY 79 PL 128
LT 68 LV 87 EL 139
EL 68 SK 94 LT 144
LV 70 HU 101 HU 184
PL 75 BG 115 LV 201
HR 80 HR 125 HR 210
BG 96 PL 135 BG 231
RO 100 RO 192 RO 340

Source : tables 1.5, 2.3.4, 2.6.2, 2.7.1 and estimates as well as national statistics for powered two-wheelers pkm

Fatalities: all fatalities on the road: car drivers and passengers, bus and coach occupants, powered two-wheelers’ riders and passengers, cyclists, pedestrians, commercial vehicle drivers, etc. indicated in table 2.7.1
Pkm: indicator of traffic volume (in the absence of consistent vehicle-kilometre data); passenger-kilometres of cars indicated in table 2.3.4 for 2017 plus (mostly estimated) passenger-kilometres of motorised two-wheelers.
Inhabitants: the average population at 1 January 2017 and 1 January 2018.
Passenger cars: the average stock of vehicles indicated in table 2.6.2 for 2016 and 2017.

7.6 Lives saved per million inhabitants in EU countries in 2017 (compared to 2001)

Source : EC, OECD

7.7 Evolution of road fatalities and injured in EU 28, 2003-2018

Road Fatalities Injuries
2003 50.992 1.405.501
2004 47.892 1.358.707
2005 45.951 1.330.187
2006 43.743 1.333.543
2007 43.169 1.330.043
2008 39.611 1.266.201
2009 35.282 1.220.066
2010 31.541 1.149.874
2011 30.754 1.147.088
2012 28.346 1.104.802
2013 26.047 1.073.246
2014 26.042 1.089.465
2015 26.201 1.095.486
2016 25700 1102822
2017 25079 1080325
2018 24180 1014599

Source : OECD

(*) No data for CY

7.8 Road fatalities by mode of transport in EU 28 2018

7.9 PTWs fatalities in selected EU countries, 2017 (%)

motor cycle moped Total fatalities motor cycle % moped %
BE 2017  77  24 520 BE 14,8 4,6
BG 2017  2  11 525 BG 0,4 0,6
CZ 2017  69  2 448 CZ 15,4 0,4
DK 2017  11  9 155 DK 7,1 5,8
DE 2017  583  59 2691 DE 21,7 2,2
EE 2017  0  1 38 EE 0,0 2,6
IE 2017  20  0 128 IE 15,6 0,0
EL 2017  216  32 613 EL 35,2 5,2
ES 2017  359  49 1479 ES 24,3 3,3
FR 2017  669  117 2964 FR 22,6 3,9
 HR 2017  42  8 275  HR 15,3 2,9
IT 2017  735  92 2778 IT 26,5 3,3
CY 2017  14  2 38 CY 36,8 5,3
LV 2017  1  6 85 LV 1,2 7,1
LT 2017  10  3 124 LT 8,1 2,4
LU 2017  7  0 21 LU 33,3 0,0
HU 2017  43  17 455 HU 9,5 3,7
MT 2017  1  0 12 MT 8,3 0,0
NL 2017  53  36 471 NL 11,3 7,6
AT 2017  83  14 341 AT 24,3 4,1
PL 2017  231  55 1958 PL 11,8 2,8
PT 2017  106  43 472 PT 22,5 9,1
RO 2017  52  17 1218 RO 4,3 1,4
SI 2017  25  4 94 SI 26,6 4,3
SK 2017  0  8 196 SK 0,0 4,1
FI 2017  13  5 211 FI 6,2 2,4
SE 2017  39  1 216 SE 18,1 0,5
UK 2017  355  3 1371 UK 25,9 0,2

Source : CARE database (DG Mobility and Transport), national sources.

(*) Persons deceased within 30 days of their accident.

7.10 Road fatalities by gender in EU countries, 2018 (%)

Source : Eurostat

(*) LT  2015 figures
PL, PT 2017 figures
SK 2010 figures
IE 2016 figures

Country % male  % female  Total Unknown* Female Male Year
BE 73,18 25,33 604 : 153 442 2018
BG 77,69 22,31 610 9 158 451 2018
CZ 73,48 23,02 656 1 151 482 2018
DK 71,35 28,65 171 23 49 122 2018
DE 75,73 24,27 3275 0 795 2480 2018
EE 70,15 29,85 67 0 20 47 2018
IE 73,08 26,37 182 0 48 133 2016
EL 80,43 19,57 700 : 137 563 2018
ES 77,46 22,54 1806 0 407 1399 2018
FR 76,74 23,26 3246 0 755 2491 2018
HR 79,18 20,82 317 0 66 251 2018
IT 80,17 19,83 3334 0 661 2673 2018
CY 79,59 20,41 49 0 10 39 2018
LV 75,00 25,00 148 0 37 111 2018
LT 68,18 30,58 242 3 74 165 2015
LU 86,11 13,89 36 : 5 31 2018
HU 73,78 25,75 633 0 163 467 2018
MT 72,22 27,78 18 3 5 13 2018
NL 70,07 29,43 598 0 176 419 2018
AT 76,04 23,96 409 3 98 311 2018
PL 73,61 26,39 2831 0 747 2084 2017
PT 78,90 21,10 602 0 127 475 2017
RO 74,18 25,82 1867 : 482 1385 2018
SI 76,92 23,08 91 0 21 70 2018
SK 75,20 24,80 371 0 92 279 2010
FI 73,64 26,36 239 : 63 176 2018
SE 76,85 23,15 324 0 75 249 2018
UK 74,33 25,67 1839 0 472 1367 2018

(*) Unknown means that gender or/and road user type variable is unknown

7.11 Road fatalities by age group in EU 28* and selected countries, 2017

Source : IRTAD

(*) No data for BG, EE, HR, CY, LV, MT, RO and SK.

7.12 Road Fatalities (per one million inhabitants) in EU 28 and selected countries, 2017

Source : OECD

7.13 Speed limits, blood alcohol limits in EU 28

Speed limit, cars (in general), km/h:  Blood alcohol limit, grams of alcohol in 1 litre of blood
Built-up areas Outside built-up areas Motorways
BE 50 70-90-120 120 0,5
BG 50 90-120 140 0
CZ 50 90-110 130 0
DK 50 80 130 0,5
DE 50 100 (130) 0,5
EE 50 90 – 0,2
IE 50 80-100 120 0,5
EL 50 90-110 130 0,5
ES 50 90-100 120 0,5
FR 50 90-110 130 0,5
HR 50 90 130 0,5
IT 50 90 130 0,5
CY 50 80 100 0,5
LV 50 90 – 0,5
LT 50 70-90 100-130 0,4
LU 50 90 130 0,5
HU 50 90-110 130 0
MT 50 80 – 0,8
NL 50 80-100 120-130 0,5
AT 50 100 130 0,5
PL 50-60 90-100 120-140 0,2
PT 50 90-100 120 0,5
RO 50 90-100 130 0
SI 50 90-110 130 0,5
SK 50 90 130 0
FI 50 80 80-120 0,22
SE 50 70 110 0,2
UK 48 96-112 112 0,8
AL 40 80-90 110 0,1
ME 50 80-100 130 0,5
MK 60 80-100 120 0,5
RS 50 80-100 120 0,3
TR 50 90-110 120 0,5
IS 50 80-90 – 0,5
NO 50 80 100 0,2
CH 50 80-100 120 0,5

Source : National sources, International Transport Forum, EC Road Safety website, TIPSOL, World Health Organization.

(*) UK, IE, CY and MT drive on the left hand side of the road, the other Member States drive on the right hand side (Sweden since 3 September 1967). Signs in UK are in miles per hour. 
(**) The reported speed limits refer to general circumstances. Different speed limits might apply in residential or pedestrian areas, on the basis of weather conditions, the time of the day, the vehicle driven, the season, the visibility or unless otherwise stated by traffic signs. The higher figure shown in the “outside built-up areas” column generally refers to the speed limit on dual carriageways that are not motorways.

Speed limits:
BE: 70 km/h outside built-up areas in the Flemish Region.
DE: Motorways: No general speed limit, recommended speed limit is 130 km/h (more than half the network has a speed limit of 120 km/h or less).
ES: different speed limits apply on non-urban roads according to the presence of hard shoulders, or if the vehicle is equipped with a trailer or dangerous goods.

Blood alcohol limits:
In many countries, special (more restrictive) rules apply to novice (i.e. new, unexperienced) and professional drivers

7.14 Fatalities at 30 days by road user type in EU countries 2018 *

Source : Eurostat

(*) IE 2016 data, LT 2015 data, PL and PT 2017 data, SK 2010 data

7.15 Fatalities at 30 days by road type in EU countries 2018 *

Source : Eurostat

(*) IE 2016 data, EE, LT, LV and MT no data PL and PT 2017 data, SK 2010 data