HomeStatisticsSafety 2025

Safety 2025

7.1 Road accidents involving personal injury by country, 2000-2023

2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2021 2022 2023 % evolution 22/23 % evolution 2000/2023
AT 42126 40896 35348 37960 30670 32774 34869 35809 2.70 -17.87
BE 49065 48968 45745 40300 30251 34660 37650 36855 -2.11 -26.69
CZ 25445 25239 19676 21561 18419 18156 19733 20769 5.25 -23.76
DK 7346 5412 3498 2853  —  —  —  —  —  —
EE 1504 2341 1347 1376 1368 1568 1700 1725 1.47 16.41
FI 6633 7022 6072 5185 3608 3243 3110 2927  —  —
FR 121223 84525 67288 56603 45121 53540 52380 51641 -1.41 -103.41
DE 382949 336619 288297 305659 264499 258987 289672 291890 0.77 -31.59
EL 23001 16914 15032 11440 9083 10454 10487 10890 3.84 -80.57
HU 17493 20777 16308 16331 13778 14233 14748 14452 -2.01 -18.65
IE 7757 6533 5780 5831 4559 4922 5731 5613 -2.06 -37.09
IT 256546 240011 212997 174539 118298 151875 165889 166525 0.38 -42.26
LV 4482 4466 3193 3692 3414 3399 3362 3480  —  —
LT 5807 6772 3530 3033 2788 2784 2854 2810 -1.54 -84.90
LU 901 777 876 983  —  —  —  —  —  —
NL 10873 8929 3853 18523  —  —  —  —  —  —
PL 57331 48100 38832 32967 23540 22816 21322 20936 -1.81  —
PT 44159 37066 35426 31953 27725 30691 34276  —  —  —
SK 7884 7903 6570 5502 4555 4541 4728 4849 2.56  —
SI 8469 10309 7560 6585 4780 5330 5983 6011 0.47 -32.51
ES 101729 91187 85503 97756 72959 89862 97916  —  —  —
SE 15770 18094 16500 14672 12243 12625 12608 11733  —  —
BG 6886 8224 6609 7225 5710 6080 6609 6993 5.81 1.62
HR 14430 15679 13272 11038 7710 9146 10005 10633 6.28 -28.61
MT 12654 15584 13727 15504 11950 14135 15713 16414  —  —
RO 7555 7226 25996 28944  —  —  —  —  —  —
EU 27 1240018 1115573 978835 958015 717028 785821 851345 722955 -15.08 -52.82

Source: OECD
No data for CY

7.2 Road accidents involving personal injury per one thousand population in selected EU countries, 2023

Source: Eurostat and OECD
Notes:
The definition of an accident involving personal injury differs from country to country.

7.3 Road fatalities in EU countries, 2016-2022

Country 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 evolution
2021/2022		 evolution
2016/2022
BE 670 609 604 646 499 516 540 4.65 -19.40
BG 708 682 610 628 463 561 531 -5.35 -25.00
CZ 611 577 656 618 518 532 527 -0.94 -13.75
DK 211 175 171 199 163 130 154 18.46 -27.01
DE 3,206 3,180 3,275 3,046 2,719 2,562 2,788 8.82 -13.04
EE 71 48 67 52 59 55 49 -10.91 -30.99
IE 182 154 135 140 146 137 155 13.14 -14.84
EL 824 731 700 688 584 624 654 4.81 -20.63
ES 1,810 1,830 1,806 1,755 1,370 1,533 1,746 13.89 -3.54
FR 3,471 3,444 3,246 3,237 2,538 2,931 3,260 11.22 -6.08
HR 307 331 317 297 237 292 275 -5.82 -10.42
IT 3,283 3,378 3,334 3,173 2,395 2,875 3,159 9.88 -3.78
CY 46 53 49 52 48 45 37 -17.78 -19.57
LV 158 136 148 132 139 147 113 -23.13 -28.48
LT 188 191 173 186 175 148 120 -18.92 -36.17
LU 32 25 36 22 26 24 36 50.00 12.50
HU 607 625 633 602 460 544 537 -1.29 -11.53
MT 23 19 18 16 12 9 26 188.89 13.04
NL 533 535 598 586 515 509 655 28.68 22.89
AT 432 414 409 416 344 362 370 2.21 -14.35
PL 3,026 2,831 2,862 2,909 2,491 2,245 1,896 -15.55 -37.34
PT 563 602 700 688 536 561 618 10.16 9.77
RO 1,913 1,951 1,867 1,864 1,644 1,779 1,633 -8.21 -14.64
SI 130 104 91 102 80 114 85 -25.44 -34.62
SK 275 276 260 270 247 247 266 7.69 -3.27
FI 258 238 239 211 223 225 196 -12.89 -24.03
SE 270 253 324 221 204 210 227 8.10 -15.93
EU 27 23,808 23,392 23,328 22,756 18,835 19,917 20,653 3.70 -13.25


Source: Eurostat

7.4 Percentage change in road fatalities between 2016 and 2022 (%)

Source: Eurostat

7.5 Road fatalities country rankings, 2023

per million inhabitants

SE 22
DK 27
MT 29
FI 33
IE 34
NL 34
DE 34
CY 36
ES 37
SI 39
LU 39
BE 43
EE 43
AT 44
EU-27 45
FR 46
CZ 46
SK 49
HU 49
IT 52
PL 52
LT 56
PT 61
EL 61
HR 71
LV 76
RO 81
BG 81

per 10 billion pkm

SE 22
DK 26
FI 30
IE 30
LU 31
SI 32
DE 32
EE 39
FR 41
IT 43
ES 44
NL 44
LT 45
CY 46
EU-27 46
BE 47
AT 48
CZ 54
MT 54
EL 55
HU 59
PT 63
PL 75
SK 84
BG 86
LV 100
HR 106
RO 119

per million passenger cars

SE 46
MT 50
FI 50
CY 55
DK 58
LU 58
DE 58
SI 67
NL 68
ES 68
EE 69
IT 75
IE 76
AT 78
CZ 78
EU-27 80
FR 81
BE 83
PL 88
LT 95
SK 102
EL 110
PT 110
HU 114
HR 146
BG 178
LV 183
RO 193

Source: EC

7.6 Lives saved per million inhabitants in EU countries in 2023 (compared to 2001)

Source: EC, OECD

7.7 Evolution of road fatalities and injured in EU 27, 2000-2023

Source: OECD, data extracted on 17/06/2024
No data for CY

7.8 Road fatalities by mode of transport in EU 2023

Source: CARE database (DG MOVE)
data extracted 17/06/2024

7.9 PTWs fatalities in selected EU countries, 2023 (%)

Source: CARE database (DG Mobility and Transport), national sources.
Notes:
Persons deceased within 30 days of their accident. PL – the figure for Heavy good vehicles includes Lorries < 3.5 tonnes.

7.10 Road fatalities by gender in EU countries, 2022 (%)

Country % male % female Total Unknown* Female Male Year
BE 77.96 20.19 540 10 109 421 2022
BG 77.69 25.99 531 1 138 392 2022
CZ 75.33 22.20 527 13 117 397 2022
DK 76.62 23.38 154 0 36 118 2022
DE 75.36 24.50 2788 4 683 2101 2022
EE 65.31 32.65 49 1 16 32 2022
IE 74.31 25.69 144 0 37 107 2020
EL 83.97 16.03 624 0 100 524 2021
ES 77.32 22.62 1746 1 395 1350 2022
FR 77.94 22.06 3260 0 719 2541 2022
HR 76.73 23.27 275 0 64 211 2022
IT 81.64 18.36 3159 0 580 2579 2022
CY 83.78 16.22 37 0 6 31 2022
LV 67.63 31.65 139 1 44 94 2020
LT 72.50 25.83 120 2 31 87 2022
LU 61.11 38.89 36 0 14 22 2022
HU 72.25 27.00 537 4 145 388 2022
MT 66.67 33.33 9 0 3 6 2021
NL 70.08 29.92 655 0 196 459 2022
AT 72.16 27.84 370 0 103 267 2022
PL 75.79 24.16 1896 1 458 1437 2022
PT 80.91 19.09 618 0 118 500 2022
RO 76.24 23.76 1633 0 388 1245 2022
SI 77.65 22.35 85 0 19 66 2022
SK 81.58 18.42 266 0 49 217 2022
FI 72.45 27.55 196 0 54 142 2022
SE 73.57 24.23 227 5 55 167 2022

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

Source: Eurostat
LV 2020 figures
MT 2021 figures
EL 2021 figures
IE 2020 figures

7.11 Road fatalities by age group in EU27, 2023

Source:EC

7.12 Speed limits, blood alcohol limits in EU

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 0.5
CZ 50 90 / 110 130 0
DK 50 80 130 0.5
DE 50 100 (130) 0.5
EE 50 90 90 0.2
IE 50 80 / 100 120 0.5
EL 50 90 110 / 130 0.5
ES 30 / 50 80 / 90 90 / 120 0.5
FR 50 80 / 90 110 / 130 0.5
HR 50 90 130 0.5
IT 50 90 130 0.5
CY 30 / 50 80 100 0.5
LV 50 90 – 0.5
LT 50 70 / 90 110 / 130 0.4
LU 50 90 130 0.5
HU 50 90 110 / 130 0
MT 40 / 50 60 / 80 80 0.5
NL 50 80 110 / 120 / 130 0.5
AT 50 100 130 0.5
PL 50 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 0.5
SE 50 70 110 0.2
IS 50 80 / 90 – 0.5
NO 50 80 100 0.2
CH 50 80 / 100 100 / 120 0.5

Source: EC Road Safety website, national sources, International Transport Forum, The European Traffic Police Organization

Notes :
Blood alcohol limits:
In many countries, special (more restrictive) rules apply to novice (i.e. new, unexperienced) and professional drivers
Situation as of 18 August 2025, the date of accessing the source: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/driving-abroad/road-rules-and-safety/index_en.htm
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).
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:
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.

7.13 Fatalities at 30 days by road user type in EU countries 2023

Source: Eurostat

7.14 Fatalities at 30 days by road type in EU countries 2023

Source: Eurostat