Road traffic deaths in Iceland
Road traffic accidents in Iceland killed 3.4 people per 100,000 inhabitants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2018.
Iceland, 2024
3.4
Change from 2023
+1.3per 100,000 people
European Union, 2024
4.4 per 100,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
3.8 per 100,000 people
Position in 2024
22nd of 33
Road traffic deaths in Iceland 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 | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.4 per 100,000 people | 4.4 per 100,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 2.1 per 100,000 people | 4.5 per 100,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 2.4 per 100,000 people | 4.6 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 2.4 per 100,000 people | 4.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 2.2 per 100,000 people | 4.2 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 1.7 per 100,000 people | 5.1 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2018 | 5.1 per 100,000 people | 5.2 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 4.7 per 100,000 people | 5.3 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 5.4 per 100,000 people | 5.4 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 4.8 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2014 | 1.2 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 4.6 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 2.8 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 3.8 per 100,000 people | 6.5 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 2.5 per 100,000 people | 6.7 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 5.3 per 100,000 people | 7.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 3.8 per 100,000 people | 8.4 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 4.8 per 100,000 people | 9.1 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 10.2 per 100,000 people | 9.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 6.4 per 100,000 people | 9.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 7.9 per 100,000 people | 10.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 7.9 per 100,000 people | 11.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 10.1 per 100,000 people | 11.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 8.4 per 100,000 people | 12.0 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2000 | 11.4 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 . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.3 from 2.1 per 100,000 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1.2 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +2.2.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Iceland has the 22nd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 4.4 per 100,000 people.
More for Iceland
All statistics for Iceland
Road traffic deaths
2.0 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank
Car ownership
645i (Source flag i) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Car share of passenger transport
88.4%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
41.2%
2025 · Eurostat
Air passengers carried
4,342,331 passengers
2023 · World Bank