Road traffic deaths in Euro area

Road traffic injuries caused 4.9 deaths per 100,000 people in the euro area in 2019. The value for 2019 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Road traffic deaths (WHO estimates) Unit: Deaths per 100,000 people Data: 2000 to 2019 Source: World Bank
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2019 4.9 Deaths per 100,000 people
Change from 2018 −0.2per 100,000 people 2018: 5.1 per 100,000 people
World, 2019 16.7 per 100,000 people Official aggregate

Road traffic deaths in Euro area 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.

Road traffic deaths (WHO estimates) (deaths per 100,000 people), 2000 to 2019
Period Euro areaWorld
2019 4.9 per 100,000 people 16.7 per 100,000 people
2018 5.1 per 100,000 people 16.7 per 100,000 people
2017 5.2 per 100,000 people 16.8 per 100,000 people
2016 5.2 per 100,000 people 16.9 per 100,000 people
2015 5.5 per 100,000 people 17.0 per 100,000 people
2014 5.4 per 100,000 people 17.2 per 100,000 people
2013 5.4 per 100,000 people 17.5 per 100,000 people
2012 5.9 per 100,000 people 18.0 per 100,000 people
2011 6.5 per 100,000 people 18.2 per 100,000 people
2010 6.6 per 100,000 people 18.2 per 100,000 people
2009 7.3 per 100,000 people 18.3 per 100,000 people
2008 8.1 per 100,000 people 18.6 per 100,000 people
2007 8.9 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2006 9.3 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2005 9.8 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2004 10.4 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2003 11.2 per 100,000 people 19.1 per 100,000 people
2002 12.2 per 100,000 people 19.3 per 100,000 people
2001 12.8 per 100,000 people 19.2 per 100,000 people
2000 13.2 per 100,000 people 19.1 per 100,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 from 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2018.
  • Since 2009, when it was 7.3 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.4.
  • The figure for the world in 2019 was 16.7 per 100,000 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.TRAF.P5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2019 for Euro area
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory