Road traffic deaths in France
Road traffic accidents in France killed 4.6 people per 100,000 inhabitants in 2024.
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
France, 2024
4.6p (Provisional)
Change from 2023
0per 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
15th of 33
Road traffic deaths in France 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 | France | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.6 per 100,000 peoplep (provisional) | 4.4 per 100,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 4.6 per 100,000 peoplep (provisional) | 4.5 per 100,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 4.8 per 100,000 people | 4.6 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 4.3 per 100,000 people | 4.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 3.8 per 100,000 people | 4.2 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 4.8 per 100,000 people | 5.1 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2018 | 4.8 per 100,000 people | 5.2 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 5.1 per 100,000 people | 5.3 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 5.2 per 100,000 people | 5.4 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 5.2 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2014 | 5.1 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 5.0 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 5.6 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 6.1 per 100,000 people | 6.5 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 6.2 per 100,000 people | 6.7 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 6.6 per 100,000 people | 7.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 6.7 per 100,000 people | 8.4 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 7.2 per 100,000 people | 9.1 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 7.4 per 100,000 people | 9.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 8.4 per 100,000 people | 9.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 8.8 per 100,000 people | 10.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 9.8 per 100,000 people | 11.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 12.4 per 100,000 people | 11.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 13.3 per 100,000 people | 12.0 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2000 | 13.3 per 100,000 people | 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; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 5.1 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.5. 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, France has the 15th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 4.4 per 100,000 people.
More for France
All statistics for France
Road traffic deaths
5.1 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank
Car ownership
578ip (Source flag ip) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Car share of passenger transport
82.6%
2024 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
110,618 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
88.3%
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
19.6%
2025 · Eurostat