Road traffic deaths in Denmark
Road traffic injuries caused 3.7 deaths per 100,000 people in Denmark in 2019.
Denmark, 2019
3.7
Change from 2018
+0.5per 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
171st of 183
Road traffic deaths in Denmark 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 | Denmark | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.7 per 100,000 people | 5.6 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 3.2 per 100,000 people | 5.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 3.3 per 100,000 people | 5.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 4.0 per 100,000 people | 5.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 3.5 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 3.5 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 3.5 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 3.1 per 100,000 people | 6.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 4.1 per 100,000 people | 7.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | 5.0 per 100,000 people | 7.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | 5.6 per 100,000 people | 8.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 7.6 per 100,000 people | 9.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | 7.7 per 100,000 people | 10.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | 5.8 per 100,000 people | 10.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 6.5 per 100,000 people | 10.6 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 7.0 per 100,000 people | 11.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 8.3 per 100,000 people | 11.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 8.9 per 100,000 people | 12.6 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 8.6 per 100,000 people | 13.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2000 | 9.6 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 +0.5 from 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 5.6 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −1.9.
- Among the 183 countries with data for 2019, Denmark has the 171st highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 5.6 per 100,000 people.
More for Denmark
All statistics for Denmark
Road traffic deaths
2.4 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Car share of passenger transport
83.1%
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Car ownership
501 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
6,752 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
92.2%
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
67.8%
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