EU countries by road deaths per million inhabitants

Bulgaria had the highest road deaths per million inhabitants of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 102 per million inhabitants. Sweden had the lowest, at 27 per million inhabitants. The median was 54 per million inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest102Bulgaria

Lowest27Sweden

Median5427 EU countries

All EU countries, 2016

per million inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Persons killed in road accidents per million inhabitants (tran_sf_roadus). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2016 per million inhabitants	Change on 2015
1	Bulgaria	102	+1%
2	Romania	97	+2.1%
3	Latvia	80	-15.8%
3	Poland	80	+3.9%
5	Greece	77	+5.5%
6	Croatia	74	-10.8%
7	Lithuania	65	-21.7%
8	Slovenia	63	+8.6%
9	Hungary	62	-6.1%
10	Belgium	59	-13.2%
11	Czechia	58	-17.1%
12	Luxembourg	56	-12.5%
13	Italy	55	-3.5%
14	Estonia	54	+5.9%
14	Portugal	54	-5.3%
16	Cyprus	53	-19.7%
17	France	52	0%
18	Malta	51	+104%
18	Slovakia	51	-10.5%
20	Austria	50	-10.7%
21	Finland	47	-4.1%
22	Germany	39	-9.3%
22	Ireland	39	+11.4%
22	Spain	39	+8.3%
25	Denmark	37	+19.4%
26	Netherlands	31	0%
27	Sweden	27	0%

Other periods

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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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Persons killed in road accidents per million inhabitants (tran_sf_roadus) (EU countries by road deaths per million inhabitants, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_sf_roadus/default/table

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Persons killed in road accidents per million inhabitants (tran_sf_roadus), EU countries by road deaths per million inhabitants, 2016. Eurostat, European Commission, 25 Aug. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_sf_roadus/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/road-deaths-per-million/eu-countries?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Persons killed in road accidents per million inhabitants (tran_sf_roadus). EU countries by road deaths per million inhabitants, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_sf_roadus/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/road-deaths-per-million/eu-countries?period=2016.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Persons killed in road accidents per million inhabitants (tran_sf_roadus), EU countries by road deaths per million inhabitants, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_sf_roadus/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/road-deaths-per-million/eu-countries?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Persons killed in road accidents per million inhabitants (tran\_sf\_roadus): EU countries by road deaths per million inhabitants, 2016}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_sf_roadus/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/road-deaths-per-million/eu-countries?period=2016. Publisher attribution: 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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Which EU country has the highest road deaths per million inhabitants?

Bulgaria, with 102 per million inhabitants in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Sweden, with 27 per million inhabitants in 2016.

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.