Around 20,600 individuals died in visitors accidents in 2022 The most secure roads are these of Sweden and Denmark Community consultants perceive the three% improve as a consequence of the rise in visitors depth because the restrictions linked to the pandemic
Spain registered 12% extra street deaths final 12 months than within the earlier 12 months, when there have been nonetheless sure mobility restrictions as a result of coronavirus pandemic–, which locations it above the typical of three% within the the entire of the European Union, the place the best improve was registered by Malta (+186%) and a dozen companions managed to scale back their figures.
According to preliminary figures revealed this Tuesday by the European Commission, round 20,600 individuals died in visitors accidents in 2022, 3% greater than the earlier 12 months, though group providers warn that this determine represents 2,000 fewer fatalities (-10% ) than in 2019, the 12 months earlier than the pandemic.
The most secure roads are these of Sweden (21 fatalities per million inhabitants) and Denmark (26 fatalities per million inhabitants), whereas Romania (86 fatalities per million inhabitants) and Bulgaria (78 fatalities per million inhabitants) reported the very best charges in 2022. Spain recorded 36 deaths per million inhabitants, under the general EU common of 46.
Community consultants perceive the three% improve as a consequence of the rise in visitors depth because the restrictions linked to the pandemic had been ended.
Benefits in the course of the pandemic
In this context, they stress from Brussels, most of the advantages achieved in the course of the COVID-19 interval (together with a 17% decline between 2019 and 2020) haven’t been misplaced. Compared to 2019, fatalities in 2022 skilled a ten% lower.
However, progress has been “very uneven” between Member States, with giant reductions within the dying figures in international locations reminiscent of Lithuania or Poland, with greater than 30% fewer deaths, though the figures have stagnated and even elevated within the final three years in lots of international locations, amongst which the Commission names Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden.