Road traffic deaths in European Union
Road traffic injuries caused 5.6 deaths per 100,000 people in the European Union in 2019. The value for 2019 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2019
5.6
Change from 2018
−0.2per 100,000 people
World, 2019
16.7 per 100,000 people
Road traffic deaths in European Union 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 | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.6 per 100,000 people | 16.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 5.7 per 100,000 people | 16.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 5.8 per 100,000 people | 16.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 5.8 per 100,000 people | 16.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 6.0 per 100,000 people | 17.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 6.1 per 100,000 people | 17.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 6.0 per 100,000 people | 17.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 6.5 per 100,000 people | 18.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 7.2 per 100,000 people | 18.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | 7.3 per 100,000 people | 18.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | 8.2 per 100,000 people | 18.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 9.2 per 100,000 people | 18.6 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | 10.0 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | 10.1 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 10.6 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 11.1 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 11.8 per 100,000 people | 19.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 12.6 per 100,000 people | 19.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 13.0 per 100,000 people | 19.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2000 | 13.5 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 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 8.2 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.6.
- The figure for the world in 2019 was 16.7 per 100,000 people.
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