Road traffic deaths in Belgium
Road traffic accidents in Belgium killed 4.0 people per 100,000 inhabitants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Belgium, 2024
4.0
Change from 2023
−0.3per 100,000 people
European Union, 2024
4.4 per 100,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
4.3 per 100,000 people
Position in 2024
19th of 33
Road traffic deaths in Belgium over time
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Deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Belgium | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.0 per 100,000 people | 4.4 per 100,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 4.3 per 100,000 people | 4.5 per 100,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 4.6 per 100,000 people | 4.6 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 4.5 per 100,000 people | 4.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 4.3 per 100,000 people | 4.2 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 5.6 per 100,000 people | 5.1 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2018 | 5.3 per 100,000 people | 5.2 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 5.4 per 100,000 people | 5.3 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 5.9 per 100,000 people | 5.4 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 6.8 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2014 | 6.6 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 6.8 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 7.4 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) | 6.0 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 8.0 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) | 6.5 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 7.8 per 100,000 people | 6.7 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 8.7 per 100,000 people | 7.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 8.8 per 100,000 people | 8.4 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 10.1 per 100,000 people | 9.1 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 10.1 per 100,000 people | 9.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 10.4 per 100,000 people | 9.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 11.2 per 100,000 people | 10.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 11.7 per 100,000 people | 11.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 12.6 per 100,000 people | 11.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 14.4 per 100,000 people | 12.0 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2000 | 14.3 per 100,000 people | 12.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 from 4.3 per 100,000 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 6.6 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.6. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Belgium has the 19th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 4.4 per 100,000 people.
More for Belgium
All statistics for Belgium
Road traffic deaths
5.8 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank
Car ownership
513p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Car share of passenger transport
79.5%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
10,669 million passenger-km
2011 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
78.0%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
34.1%
2025 · Eurostat