Road traffic deaths in Austria
Road traffic injuries caused 4.9 deaths per 100,000 people in Austria in 2019.
Austria, 2019
4.9
Change from 2018
+0.1per 100,000 people
European Union, 2019
5.6 per 100,000 people
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2019
5.3 per 100,000 people
Position in 2019
161st of 183
Road traffic deaths in Austria over time
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Deaths per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Austria | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4.9 per 100,000 people | 5.6 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 4.8 per 100,000 people | 5.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 4.9 per 100,000 people | 5.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 5.2 per 100,000 people | 5.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 5.7 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 5.1 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 5.5 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 6.4 per 100,000 people | 6.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 6.4 per 100,000 people | 7.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | 6.8 per 100,000 people | 7.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | 7.8 per 100,000 people | 8.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 8.4 per 100,000 people | 9.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | 8.6 per 100,000 people | 10.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | 9.1 per 100,000 people | 10.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 9.6 per 100,000 people | 10.6 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 11.0 per 100,000 people | 11.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 11.7 per 100,000 people | 11.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 12.1 per 100,000 people | 12.6 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 12.2 per 100,000 people | 13.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2000 | 12.5 per 100,000 people | 13.5 per 100,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 from 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 7.8 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.9.
- Among the 183 countries with data for 2019, Austria has the 161st highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 5.6 per 100,000 people.
More for Austria
All statistics for Austria
Road traffic deaths
3.8 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Car share of passenger transport
76.2%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Car ownership
574 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
14,978 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
67.8%
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
21.3%
2025 · Eurostat