Road traffic deaths in European Union
Road traffic accidents in the European Union killed 4.4 people per 100,000 inhabitants in 2024.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
The latest value carries the source flag “Source flag ep”.
European Union, 2024
4.4ep (Source flag ep)
Change from 2023
−0.1per 100,000 people
Road traffic deaths in European Union over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.4 per 100,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 4.5 per 100,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 4.6 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 4.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 4.2 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 5.1 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2018 | 5.2 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 5.3 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 5.4 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2014 | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 6.0 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 6.5 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 6.7 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 7.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 8.4 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 9.1 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 9.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 9.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 10.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 11.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 11.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 12.0 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2000 | 12.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
Flags: be break in time series, estimated; b break in time series; 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 −0.1 from 4.5 per 100,000 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 5.5 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −1.1.
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