EU countries by road deaths per million inhabitants

Romania had the highest road deaths per million inhabitants of 27 EU countries in 2013, at 93 per million inhabitants. Sweden had the lowest, at 27 per million inhabitants. The median was 60 per million inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest93Romania
Lowest27Sweden
Median6027 EU countries

All EU countries, 2013

Romania: 93 per million inhabitantsRomania93Latvia: 88 per million inhabitantsLatvia88Poland: 88 per million inhabitantsPoland88Croatia: 87 per million inhabitantsCroatia87Lithuania: 86 per million inhabitantsLithuania86Luxembourg: 84 per million inhabitantsLuxembourg84Bulgaria: 83 per million inhabitantsBulgaria83Greece: 80 per million inhabitantsGreece80Belgium: 69 per million inhabitantsBelgium69Czechia: 62 per million inhabitantsCzechia62Estonia: 61 per million inhabitantsEstonia61Portugal: 61 per million inhabitantsPortugal61Slovenia: 61 per million inhabitantsSlovenia61Hungary: 60 per million inhabitantsHungary60Italy: 56 per million inhabitantsItaly56Austria: 54 per million inhabitantsAustria54Cyprus: 51 per million inhabitantsCyprus51France: 50 per million inhabitantsFrance50Finland: 48 per million inhabitantsFinland48Slovakia: 46 per million inhabitantsSlovakia46Germany: 41 per million inhabitantsGermany41Ireland: 41 per million inhabitantsIreland41Malta: 40 per million inhabitantsMalta40Spain: 36 per million inhabitantsSpain36Denmark: 34 per million inhabitantsDenmark34Netherlands: 28 per million inhabitantsNetherlands28Sweden: 27 per million inhabitantsSweden27
per million inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Persons killed in road accidents per million inhabitants (tran_sf_roadus). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2013
per million inhabitants
Change on 2012
1Romania93-8.8%
2Latvia88+1.1%
2Poland88-6.4%
4Croatia87-5.4%
5Lithuania86-14.9%
6Luxembourg84+29.2%
7Bulgaria83+1.2%
8Greece80-10.1%
9Belgium69-8%
10Czechia62-12.7%
11Estonia61-7.6%
11Portugal61-10.3%
11Slovenia61-3.2%
14Hungary60-1.6%
15Italy56-9.7%
16Austria54-14.3%
17Cyprus51-13.6%
18France50-10.7%
19Finland48+2.1%
20Slovakia46-29.2%
21Germany41-8.9%
21Ireland41+13.9%
23Malta40+81.8%
24Spain36-12.2%
25Denmark34+13.3%
26Netherlands28-17.6%
27Sweden27-10%

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About this ranking

People killed in road traffic accidents within 30 days of the accident, per million inhabitants (Eurostat, police records reported to the EU road accident database CARE). Eurostat publishes whole numbers.

The EU uses this rate to track its road safety targets. The WHO road traffic death rate is per 100,000 people and modelled, so the two differ.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Persons killed in road accidents per million inhabitants (tran_sf_roadus). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_sf_roadus/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Questions

Which EU country has the highest road deaths per million inhabitants?

Romania, with 93 per million inhabitants in 2013, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest road deaths per million inhabitants?

Sweden, with 27 per million inhabitants in 2013.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Persons killed in road accidents per million inhabitants (tran_sf_roadus). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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