Road deaths

Name: Road deaths, 2024
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Published: 2026-11-04T11:24:17+00:00
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Topic: Transport

Per inhabitant, 3.9 times as many people die on the roads in Romania as in Sweden.

In 2024, all 27 EU countries reported the people killed in road accidents to Eurostat, suicides excluded. Each country's deaths are counted per million inhabitants.

Figures for:: 2024.
Covers:: the whole year.
New data:: once a year.
Dataset updated:: 31 August 2026.

Published 4 November 2026

27 / 27 EU countries ranked

The ranking

In 2024, the road death rate was highest in Romania, at 78 deaths per million inhabitants, and lowest in Sweden, at 20 deaths per million inhabitants.

Road death rate, deaths per million inhabitants

2024

020406080deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 1: Romania, 78 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 2: Bulgaria, 74 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 3: Greece, 64 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 4: Croatia, 62 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 5: Latvia, 60 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 6: Portugal, 57 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 7: Hungary, 52 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 7: Poland, 52 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 9: Italy, 51 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 10: Estonia, 50 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 11: France, 49 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 12: Slovakia, 48 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 13: Czechia, 45 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 14: Lithuania, 43 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 15: Cyprus, 42 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 16: Belgium, 40 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 17: Austria, 38 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 18: Netherlands, 37 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 19: Spain, 36 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 20: Germany, 33 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 21: Finland, 32 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 21: Slovenia, 32 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 23: Ireland, 31 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 24: Luxembourg, 26 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 25: Denmark, 24 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 26: Malta, 21 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 27: Sweden, 20 deaths per million inhabitants

How to read: bars start at zero. Every country with a value is shown, ranked from highest to lowest.Source: Eurostat, Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region (tran_r_acci).Chart: Civitascope (civitascope.eu) · CC BY 4.0 · Download image · Download data ·

The regions of the EU

In 2023, among the EU's 244 regions, the road death rate was highest in Alentejo (Portugal), 171 deaths per million inhabitants, and lowest in Ciudad de Melilla (Spain) and Åland (Finland), 0 deaths per million inhabitants.

People killed in road accidents, by NUTS 2 region, deaths per million inhabitants

2023 · the EU's 244 NUTS 2 regions

deaths per million inhabitants

0–31 (49 regions)
32–43 (50 regions)
44–52 (47 regions)
53–66 (52 regions)
67–171 (46 regions)

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How to read: the regions fall into five bands, each with about a fifth of them. The stronger the colour, the higher the value. Pointing at a region or tapping it shows its name, its value and its country's figure.Source: Eurostat (tran_r_acci), NUTS 2024, level 2. Boundaries: © EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries.Chart: Civitascope (civitascope.eu) · CC BY 4.0 · Download image · Download data ·

Austria44

Burgenland70 deaths per million inhabitants
Steiermark64 deaths per million inhabitants
Salzburg61 deaths per million inhabitants
Niederösterreich58 deaths per million inhabitants
Kärnten53 deaths per million inhabitants
Oberösterreich49 deaths per million inhabitants
Tirol45 deaths per million inhabitants
Vorarlberg32 deaths per million inhabitants
Wien6 deaths per million inhabitants

Belgium42

Prov. Hainaut72 deaths per million inhabitants
Prov. Luxembourg (BE)64 deaths per million inhabitants
Prov. Namur59 deaths per million inhabitants
Prov. West-Vlaanderen52 deaths per million inhabitants
Prov. Liège51 deaths per million inhabitants
Prov. Brabant wallon48 deaths per million inhabitants
Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen44 deaths per million inhabitants
Prov. Antwerpen36 deaths per million inhabitants
Prov. Limburg (BE)36 deaths per million inhabitants
Prov. Vlaams-Brabant28 deaths per million inhabitants
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest5 deaths per million inhabitants

Bulgaria81

Severozapaden166 deaths per million inhabitants
Severen tsentralen107 deaths per million inhabitants
Yugoiztochen93 deaths per million inhabitants
Severoiztochen84 deaths per million inhabitants
Yuzhen tsentralen67 deaths per million inhabitants
Yugozapaden48 deaths per million inhabitants

Croatia71

Jadranska Hrvatska98 deaths per million inhabitants
Panonska Hrvatska82 deaths per million inhabitants
Sjeverna Hrvatska58 deaths per million inhabitants
Grad Zagreb23 deaths per million inhabitants

Cyprus35

Kýpros35 deaths per million inhabitants

Czechia46

Jihozápad68 deaths per million inhabitants
Severovýchod64 deaths per million inhabitants
Střední Čechy56 deaths per million inhabitants
Jihovýchod49 deaths per million inhabitants
Severozápad42 deaths per million inhabitants
Moravskoslezsko34 deaths per million inhabitants
Střední Morava32 deaths per million inhabitants
Praha17 deaths per million inhabitants

Denmark27

Sjælland42 deaths per million inhabitants
Midtjylland38 deaths per million inhabitants
Syddanmark24 deaths per million inhabitants
Nordjylland20 deaths per million inhabitants
Hovedstaden17 deaths per million inhabitants

Estonia43

Eesti43 deaths per million inhabitants

Finland33

Länsi-Suomi43 deaths per million inhabitants
Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi42 deaths per million inhabitants
Etelä-Suomi34 deaths per million inhabitants
Helsinki-Uusimaa19 deaths per million inhabitants
Åland0 deaths per million inhabitants

France48

Guyane115 deaths per million inhabitants
Guadeloupe96 deaths per million inhabitants
Corse89 deaths per million inhabitants
Champagne-Ardenne87 deaths per million inhabitants
Bourgogne81 deaths per million inhabitants
Franche-Comté73 deaths per million inhabitants
Languedoc-Roussillon68 deaths per million inhabitants
Centre — Val de Loire67 deaths per million inhabitants
Martinique67 deaths per million inhabitants
Limousin66 deaths per million inhabitants
Auvergne65 deaths per million inhabitants
Poitou-Charentes64 deaths per million inhabitants
Aquitaine57 deaths per million inhabitants
Basse-Normandie57 deaths per million inhabitants
Bretagne52 deaths per million inhabitants
Picardie52 deaths per million inhabitants
Midi-Pyrénées51 deaths per million inhabitants
Pays de la Loire50 deaths per million inhabitants
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur49 deaths per million inhabitants
Rhône-Alpes45 deaths per million inhabitants
Lorraine44 deaths per million inhabitants
Nord-Pas de Calais41 deaths per million inhabitants
Haute-Normandie40 deaths per million inhabitants
Alsace37 deaths per million inhabitants
La Réunion33 deaths per million inhabitants
Mayotte22 deaths per million inhabitants
Ile de France21 deaths per million inhabitants

Germany34

Sachsen-Anhalt61 deaths per million inhabitants
Weser-Ems60 deaths per million inhabitants
Lüneburg57 deaths per million inhabitants
Niederbayern54 deaths per million inhabitants
Oberpfalz51 deaths per million inhabitants
Trier49 deaths per million inhabitants
Tübingen49 deaths per million inhabitants
Dresden48 deaths per million inhabitants
Braunschweig46 deaths per million inhabitants
Hannover46 deaths per million inhabitants
Leipzig46 deaths per million inhabitants
Thüringen46 deaths per million inhabitants
Schwaben45 deaths per million inhabitants
Chemnitz44 deaths per million inhabitants
Kassel44 deaths per million inhabitants
Brandenburg42 deaths per million inhabitants
Unterfranken41 deaths per million inhabitants
Gießen36 deaths per million inhabitants
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern36 deaths per million inhabitants
Saarland34 deaths per million inhabitants
Freiburg33 deaths per million inhabitants
Karlsruhe33 deaths per million inhabitants
Koblenz32 deaths per million inhabitants
Mittelfranken32 deaths per million inhabitants
Oberbayern30 deaths per million inhabitants
Oberfranken30 deaths per million inhabitants
Schleswig-Holstein30 deaths per million inhabitants
Münster28 deaths per million inhabitants
Rheinhessen-Pfalz28 deaths per million inhabitants
Detmold27 deaths per million inhabitants
Köln27 deaths per million inhabitants
Stuttgart25 deaths per million inhabitants
Arnsberg24 deaths per million inhabitants
Darmstadt24 deaths per million inhabitants
Düsseldorf22 deaths per million inhabitants
Bremen17 deaths per million inhabitants
Hamburg15 deaths per million inhabitants
Berlin9 deaths per million inhabitants

Greece62

Ionia Nisia120 deaths per million inhabitants
Notio Aigaio119 deaths per million inhabitants
Peloponnisos90 deaths per million inhabitants
Ipeiros84 deaths per million inhabitants
Thessalia72 deaths per million inhabitants
Dytiki Elláda69 deaths per million inhabitants
Sterea Elláda69 deaths per million inhabitants
Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki68 deaths per million inhabitants
Voreio Aigaio65 deaths per million inhabitants
Kriti55 deaths per million inhabitants
Attiki51 deaths per million inhabitants
Kentriki Makedonia51 deaths per million inhabitants
Dytiki Makedonia45 deaths per million inhabitants

Hungary49

Dél-Alföld68 deaths per million inhabitants
Dél-Dunántúl59 deaths per million inhabitants
Nyugat-Dunántúl58 deaths per million inhabitants
Észak-Alföld52 deaths per million inhabitants
Közép-Dunántúl50 deaths per million inhabitants
Pest48 deaths per million inhabitants
Észak-Magyarország46 deaths per million inhabitants
Budapest26 deaths per million inhabitants

Ireland33

Northern and Western63 deaths per million inhabitants
Southern37 deaths per million inhabitants
Eastern and Midland21 deaths per million inhabitants

Italy52

Sardegna70 deaths per million inhabitants
Provincia Autonoma di Trento66 deaths per million inhabitants
Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen65 deaths per million inhabitants
Veneto64 deaths per million inhabitants
Emilia-Romagna63 deaths per million inhabitants
Lazio61 deaths per million inhabitants
Marche60 deaths per million inhabitants
Puglia60 deaths per million inhabitants
Calabria59 deaths per million inhabitants
Abruzzo57 deaths per million inhabitants
Molise55 deaths per million inhabitants
Toscana55 deaths per million inhabitants
Umbria53 deaths per million inhabitants
Basilicata51 deaths per million inhabitants
Sicilia50 deaths per million inhabitants
Friuli-Venezia Giulia47 deaths per million inhabitants
Piemonte42 deaths per million inhabitants
Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste41 deaths per million inhabitants
Campania39 deaths per million inhabitants
Lombardia38 deaths per million inhabitants
Liguria36 deaths per million inhabitants

Latvia73

Latvija73 deaths per million inhabitants

Lithuania55

Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas61 deaths per million inhabitants
Sostinės regionas40 deaths per million inhabitants

Luxembourg39

Luxembourg39 deaths per million inhabitants

Malta28

Malta28 deaths per million inhabitants

Netherlands38

Drenthe61 deaths per million inhabitants
Groningen60 deaths per million inhabitants
Friesland (NL)57 deaths per million inhabitants
Limburg (NL)50 deaths per million inhabitants
Zeeland49 deaths per million inhabitants
Gelderland46 deaths per million inhabitants
Noord-Brabant45 deaths per million inhabitants
Overijssel38 deaths per million inhabitants
Noord-Holland29 deaths per million inhabitants
Utrecht29 deaths per million inhabitants
Zuid-Holland26 deaths per million inhabitants
Flevoland24 deaths per million inhabitants

Poland52

Mazowiecki regionalny93 deaths per million inhabitants
Świętokrzyskie76 deaths per million inhabitants
Łódzkie71 deaths per million inhabitants
Podlaskie70 deaths per million inhabitants
Lubuskie65 deaths per million inhabitants
Lubelskie63 deaths per million inhabitants
Warmińsko-mazurskie59 deaths per million inhabitants
Zachodniopomorskie58 deaths per million inhabitants
Kujawsko-pomorskie56 deaths per million inhabitants
Opolskie55 deaths per million inhabitants
Wielkopolskie54 deaths per million inhabitants
Pomorskie47 deaths per million inhabitants
Podkarpackie46 deaths per million inhabitants
Dolnośląskie43 deaths per million inhabitants
Małopolskie35 deaths per million inhabitants
Warszawski stołeczny31 deaths per million inhabitants
Śląskie30 deaths per million inhabitants

Portugal60

Alentejo171 deaths per million inhabitants
Centro (PT)90 deaths per million inhabitants
Algarve89 deaths per million inhabitants
Oeste e Vale do Tejo79 deaths per million inhabitants
Região Autónoma dos Açores75 deaths per million inhabitants
Norte51 deaths per million inhabitants
Península de Setúbal44 deaths per million inhabitants
Região Autónoma da Madeira43 deaths per million inhabitants
Grande Lisboa21 deaths per million inhabitants

Romania81

Sud-Vest Oltenia107 deaths per million inhabitants
Sud-Est102 deaths per million inhabitants
Sud-Muntenia97 deaths per million inhabitants
Nord-Est85 deaths per million inhabitants
Vest76 deaths per million inhabitants
Nord-Vest74 deaths per million inhabitants
Centru66 deaths per million inhabitants
Bucureşti-Ilfov40 deaths per million inhabitants

Slovakia49

Západné Slovensko60 deaths per million inhabitants
Stredné Slovensko58 deaths per million inhabitants
Východné Slovensko37 deaths per million inhabitants
Bratislavský kraj33 deaths per million inhabitants

Slovenia39

Vzhodna Slovenija41 deaths per million inhabitants
Zahodna Slovenija37 deaths per million inhabitants

Spain37

Castilla y León70 deaths per million inhabitants
Extremadura66 deaths per million inhabitants
Castilla-La Mancha58 deaths per million inhabitants
Aragón55 deaths per million inhabitants
Illes Balears52 deaths per million inhabitants
Principado de Asturias49 deaths per million inhabitants
Galicia47 deaths per million inhabitants
Cantabria41 deaths per million inhabitants
Región de Murcia40 deaths per million inhabitants
La Rioja37 deaths per million inhabitants
Andalucía36 deaths per million inhabitants
Cataluña36 deaths per million inhabitants
Canarias31 deaths per million inhabitants
Comunitat Valenciana29 deaths per million inhabitants
Comunidad Foral de Navarra25 deaths per million inhabitants
País Vasco25 deaths per million inhabitants
Comunidad de Madrid20 deaths per million inhabitants
Ciudad de Ceuta12 deaths per million inhabitants
Ciudad de Melilla0 deaths per million inhabitants

Sweden22

Mellersta Norrland35 deaths per million inhabitants
Övre Norrland34 deaths per million inhabitants
Småland med öarna26 deaths per million inhabitants
Norra Mellansverige25 deaths per million inhabitants
Västsverige24 deaths per million inhabitants
Sydsverige22 deaths per million inhabitants
Östra Mellansverige20 deaths per million inhabitants
Stockholm14 deaths per million inhabitants

Over time

Between 2014 and 2024, the death rate fell in 25 countries and rose in 1. In Spain, it was the same in 2024 as in 2014.

Road death rate, deaths per million inhabitants

2014 and 2024 · ranked by 2024

201420242024 − 2014Difference

20406080100deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 1: Romania, 2024: 78 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 91 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −13 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 2: Bulgaria, 2024: 74 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 94 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −20 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 3: Greece, 2024: 64 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 73 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −9 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 4: Croatia, 2024: 62 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 74 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −12 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 5: Latvia, 2024: 60 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 107 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −47 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 6: Portugal, 2024: 57 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 63 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −6 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 7: Hungary, 2024: 52 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 64 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −12 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 7: Poland, 2024: 52 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 84 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −32 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 9: Italy, 2024: 51 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 56 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −5 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 10: Estonia, 2024: 50 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 59 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −9 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 11: France, 2024: 49 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 51 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −2 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 12: Slovakia, 2024: 48 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 54 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −6 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 13: Czechia, 2024: 45 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 65 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −20 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 14: Lithuania, 2024: 43 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 91 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −48 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 15: Cyprus, 2024: 42 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 52 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −10 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 16: Belgium, 2024: 40 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 66 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −26 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 17: Austria, 2024: 38 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 50 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −12 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 18: Netherlands, 2014: 34 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024: 37 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: +3 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 19: Spain, 2014: 36 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024: 36 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: 0 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 20: Germany, 2024: 33 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 42 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −9 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 21: Finland, 2024: 32 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 42 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −10 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 21: Slovenia, 2024: 32 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 52 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −20 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 23: Ireland, 2024: 31 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 41 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −10 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 24: Luxembourg, 2024: 26 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 62 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −36 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 25: Denmark, 2024: 24 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 32 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −8 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 26: Malta, 2024: 21 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 23 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −2 deaths per million inhabitants

Rank 27: Sweden, 2024: 20 deaths per million inhabitants, 2014: 28 deaths per million inhabitants, 2024 − 2014: −8 deaths per million inhabitants

How to read: each arrow goes from 2014 (outlined dot) to 2024 (filled dot). A leftward arrow means the death rate fell. Each value is beside its dot. The column on the right is their difference, 2024 − 2014. Countries are ranked by 2024.Source: Eurostat, Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region (tran_r_acci).Chart: Civitascope (civitascope.eu) · CC BY 4.0 · Download image · Download data ·

About the data

People killed in road accidents, immediately or within 30 days as a result of the accident, excluding suicides, per million inhabitants.

Eurostat: “Persons killed – any person killed immediately or dying within 30 days as a result of an injury accident, excluding suicides.” (source)

Reported by national authorities to Eurostat in a voluntary annual data collection on infrastructure, vehicle stocks and road accidents, using the definitions of the Illustrated Glossary for Transport Statistics.

How to read these numbers

How it is measured

Where a country does not record deaths within 30 days, Eurostat estimates conversion factors so that countries can be compared on the 30-day definition.

Different definitions

Eurostat marks Estonia's and Luxembourg's 2014 values with flag d (the definition differs). Its metadata does not say how. This concerns Estonia (2014) and Luxembourg (2014).

Provisional figures

A provisional value (flag p) may still be revised. This concerns Finland (2024) and Portugal (2024).

Estimates

An estimated value (flag e) was estimated, not measured or counted in full. This concerns Greece (2024).

Sources and data

Eurostat, Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region (tran_r_acci). Data updated 31 August 2026, retrieved 3 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

Eurostat metadata · Eurostat methodology

The exact Eurostat API query

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/tran_r_acci?format=JSON&lang=en&freq=A&geo=AT&geo=BE&geo=BG&geo=CY&geo=CZ&geo=DE&geo=DK&geo=EE&geo=EL&geo=ES&geo=FI&geo=FR&geo=HR&geo=HU&geo=IE&geo=IT&geo=LT&geo=LU&geo=LV&geo=MT&geo=NL&geo=PL&geo=PT&geo=RO&geo=SE&geo=SI&geo=SK&unit=P_MHAB&victim=KIL

How every number in this story was computed

Road deaths

The ranking

Road death rate, deaths per million inhabitants

The regions of the EU

People killed in road accidents, by NUTS 2 region, deaths per million inhabitants

Austria44

Belgium42

Bulgaria81

Croatia71

Cyprus35

Czechia46

Denmark27

Estonia43

Finland33

France48

Germany34

Greece62

Hungary49

Ireland33

Italy52

Latvia73

Lithuania55

Luxembourg39

Malta28

Netherlands38

Poland52

Portugal60

Romania81

Slovakia49

Slovenia39

Spain37

Sweden22

Over time

Road death rate, deaths per million inhabitants

About the data

How to read these numbers

How it is measured

Different definitions

Provisional figures

Estimates

Sources and data

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