EU regions (NUTS 2) by road deaths per million inhabitants

Severozapaden had the highest road deaths per million inhabitants of 227 regions in 2016, at 159 per million inhabitants. Wien had the lowest, at 10 per million inhabitants. The median was 55 per million inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest159Severozapaden
Lowest10Wien
Median55227 regions

Top 40 regions, 2016

Severozapaden: 159 per million inhabitantsSeverozapaden159Severen tsentralen: 141 per million inhabitantsSeveren tsentralen141Prov. Luxembourg (BE): 137 per million inhabitantsProv. Luxembourg (BE)137Notio Aigaio: 133 per million inhabitantsNotio Aigaio133Peloponnisos: 124 per million inhabitantsPeloponnisos124Yugoiztochen: 116 per million inhabitantsYugoiztochen116Sud-Est: 113 per million inhabitantsSud-Est113Lubuskie: 112 per million inhabitantsLubuskie112Severoiztochen: 112 per million inhabitantsSeveroiztochen112Sterea Elláda: 112 per million inhabitantsSterea Elláda112Warmińsko-mazurskie: 112 per million inhabitantsWarmińsko-mazurskie112Prov. Namur: 107 per million inhabitantsProv. Namur107Sud-Vest Oltenia: 107 per million inhabitantsSud-Vest Oltenia107Nord-Est: 106 per million inhabitantsNord-Est106Ipeiros: 104 per million inhabitantsIpeiros104Opolskie: 104 per million inhabitantsOpolskie104Podlaskie: 104 per million inhabitantsPodlaskie104Corse: 102 per million inhabitantsCorse102Sud-Muntenia: 101 per million inhabitantsSud-Muntenia101Kriti: 100 per million inhabitantsKriti100Vest: 100 per million inhabitantsVest100Centru: 99 per million inhabitantsCentru99Yuzhen tsentralen: 99 per million inhabitantsYuzhen tsentralen99Dytiki Elláda: 95 per million inhabitantsDytiki Elláda95Nord-Vest: 91 per million inhabitantsNord-Vest91Zachodniopomorskie: 89 per million inhabitantsZachodniopomorskie89Ionia Nisia: 88 per million inhabitantsIonia Nisia88Łódzkie: 87 per million inhabitantsŁódzkie87Kujawsko-pomorskie: 86 per million inhabitantsKujawsko-pomorskie86Świętokrzyskie: 86 per million inhabitantsŚwiętokrzyskie86Nyugat-Dunántúl: 85 per million inhabitantsNyugat-Dunántúl85Algarve: 84 per million inhabitantsAlgarve84Jihozápad: 84 per million inhabitantsJihozápad84Lubelskie: 84 per million inhabitantsLubelskie84Dél-Alföld: 83 per million inhabitantsDél-Alföld83Voreio Aigaio: 83 per million inhabitantsVoreio Aigaio83Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki: 81 per million inhabitantsAnatoliki Makedonia, Thraki81Bourgogne: 81 per million inhabitantsBourgogne81Latvija: 81 per million inhabitantsLatvija81Střední Čechy: 81 per million inhabitantsStřední Čechy81Severozapaden: 159 per million inhabitantsSeverozapaden159Severen tsentralen: 141 per million inhabitantsSeveren tsentralen141Prov. Luxembourg (BE): 137 per million inhabitantsProv. Luxembourg (BE)137Notio Aigaio: 133 per million inhabitantsNotio Aigaio133Peloponnisos: 124 per million inhabitantsPeloponnisos124Yugoiztochen: 116 per million inhabitantsYugoiztochen116Sud-Est: 113 per million inhabitantsSud-Est113Lubuskie: 112 per million inhabitantsLubuskie112Severoiztochen: 112 per million inhabitantsSeveroiztochen112Sterea Elláda: 112 per million inhabitantsSterea Elláda112Warmińsko-mazurskie: 112 per million inhabitantsWarmińsko-mazurskie112Prov. Namur: 107 per million inhabitantsProv. Namur107Sud-Vest Oltenia: 107 per million inhabitantsSud-Vest Oltenia107Nord-Est: 106 per million inhabitantsNord-Est106Ipeiros: 104 per million inhabitantsIpeiros104Opolskie: 104 per million inhabitantsOpolskie104Podlaskie: 104 per million inhabitantsPodlaskie104Corse: 102 per million inhabitantsCorse102Sud-Muntenia: 101 per million inhabitantsSud-Muntenia101Kriti: 100 per million inhabitantsKriti100Vest: 100 per million inhabitantsVest100Centru: 99 per million inhabitantsCentru99Yuzhen tsentralen: 99 per million inhabitantsYuzhen tsentralen99Dytiki Elláda: 95 per million inhabitantsDytiki Elláda95Nord-Vest: 91 per million inhabitantsNord-Vest91Zachodniopomorskie: 89 per million inhabitantsZachodniopomorskie89Ionia Nisia: 88 per million inhabitantsIonia Nisia88Łódzkie: 87 per million inhabitantsŁódzkie87Kujawsko-pomorskie: 86 per million inhabitantsKujawsko-pomorskie86Świętokrzyskie: 86 per million inhabitantsŚwiętokrzyskie86Nyugat-Dunántúl: 85 per million inhabitantsNyugat-Dunántúl85Algarve: 84 per million inhabitantsAlgarve84Jihozápad: 84 per million inhabitantsJihozápad84Lubelskie: 84 per million inhabitantsLubelskie84Dél-Alföld: 83 per million inhabitantsDél-Alföld83Voreio Aigaio: 83 per million inhabitantsVoreio Aigaio83Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki: 81 per million inhabitantsAnatoliki Makedonia, Thraki81Bourgogne: 81 per million inhabitantsBourgogne81Latvija: 81 per million inhabitantsLatvija81Střední Čechy: 81 per million inhabitantsStřední Čechy81
per million inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed per million inhabitants (tran_r_acci). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2016
per million inhabitants
Change on 2015
1Severozapaden159+18.7%
2Severen tsentralen141+38.2%
3Prov. Luxembourg (BE)137-36.3%
4Notio Aigaio133-0.7%
5Peloponnisos124-16.2%
6Yugoiztochen116-2.5%
7Sud-Est113+4.6%
8Lubuskie112+21.7%
8Severoiztochen112-5.1%
8Sterea Elláda112+19.1%
8Warmińsko-mazurskie112+13.1%
12Prov. Namur107+2.9%
12Sud-Vest Oltenia107-7%
14Nord-Est106+6%
15Ipeiros104+67.7%
15Opolskie104-2.8%
15Podlaskie104+2%
18Corse102-3.8%
19Sud-Muntenia101+17.4%
20Kriti100-3.8%
20Vest100-14.5%
22Centru99+7.6%
22Yuzhen tsentralen99-5.7%
24Dytiki Elláda95-17.4%
25Nord-Vest91-9%
26Zachodniopomorskie89+20.3%
27Ionia Nisia88+79.6%
28Łódzkie87-8.4%
29Kujawsko-pomorskie86+16.2%
29Świętokrzyskie86-1.1%
31Nyugat-Dunántúl85-15%
32Algarve84-9.7%
32Jihozápad84-11.6%
32Lubelskie84-5.6%
35Dél-Alföld83+1.2%
35Voreio Aigaio83+2.5%
37Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki81+28.6%
37Bourgogne81+17.4%
37Latvija81-14.7%
37Střední Čechy810%
41La Rioja80+25%
41Prov. Hainaut80-12.1%
43Dolnośląskie79+21.5%
43Prov. Liège79+5.3%
45Jadranska Hrvatska78-24.3%
46Kentriki Makedonia77+16.7%
46Languedoc-Roussillon77-10.5%
46Picardie77+8.5%
49Auvergne76-5%
49Poitou-Charentes76-6.2%
51Basilicata74-1.3%
51Dél-Dunántúl74-9.8%
53Oberpfalz73-3.9%
53Prov. West-Vlaanderen73-3.9%
53Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen73+5.8%
56Castile and León72-2.7%
56Wielkopolskie72+1.4%
58Midi-Pyrénées70+6.1%
58Severovýchod70-13.6%
58Veneto70+9.4%
58Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas70-23.1%
62Emilia-Romagna69-5.5%
62Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi69+7.8%
62Vzhodna Slovenija69+16.9%
65Podkarpackie68+4.6%
65Prov. Brabant wallon68+36%
67Niederösterreich67-15.2%
67Região Autónoma da Madeira67+21.8%
67Toscana67+1.5%
70Etelä-Suomi66+32%
70Pest66+4.8%
70Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur66+6.5%
70Stredné Slovensko66-7%
74Burgenland65-20.7%
74Franche-Comté65+14%
74Marche65+8.3%
74Sardegna65-3%
78Basse-Normandie64-1.5%
78Centre - Val de Loire64-7.2%
78Champagne-Ardenne64-7.2%
81Pomorskie63-16%
81Puglia63+10.5%
83Közép-Dunántúl62-18.4%
83Střední Morava62-22.5%
83Yugozapaden62-15.1%
86Oberösterreich610%
87Calabria60+25%
87Észak-Alföld60-11.8%
87Lazio60-6.3%
87Pays de la Loire60+11.1%
87Tirol60-17.8%
92Aquitaine59-16.9%
92Drenthe59-6.3%
92Kärnten59-16.9%
92Provincia Autonoma di Trento59-24.4%
92Sachsen-Anhalt59-9.2%
92Sostinės regionas59-7.8%
98Abruzzo58-9.4%
98Bucureşti-Ilfov58+5.5%
98Castilla-La Mancha58+11.5%
98Nordjylland58+13.7%
98Steiermark58-6.5%
98Zeeland58+5.5%
104Extremadura57+14%
104Piemonte57+1.8%
104Prov. Limburg (BE)57-23%
104Śląskie57+1.8%
108Lüneburg56-18.8%
108Övre Norrland56+9.8%
108Salzburg56-29.1%
108Thessalia56+24.4%
108Zahodna Slovenija56-3.4%
113Aragon55+1.9%
113Dytiki Makedonia55-16.7%
113Észak-Magyarország55+5.8%
113Friuli-Venezia Giulia55-5.2%
113Małopolskie55-6.8%
113Mecklenburg-Vorpommern55-5.2%
113Molise55-22.5%
113Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen55-19.1%
113Schwaben55+10%
122Bretagne54+20%
122Eesti54+5.9%
122Luxembourg54-12.9%
122Niederbayern54-22.9%
122Rhône-Alpes54+5.9%
122Weser-Ems54-6.9%
128Attiki53-3.6%
128Balearic Islands53+12.8%
128Kýpros53-19.7%
128Trier53-22.1%
132Galicia52+15.6%
132Hannover52-5.5%
132Unterfranken52+20.9%
135Friesland (NL)510%
135Haute-Normandie51+21.4%
135Jihovýchod51-34.6%
135Kassel510%
135Overijssel51+41.7%
135Tübingen51-16.4%
135Západné Slovensko51-3.8%
142Lorraine50+6.4%
142Malta50+108.3%
144Brandenburg49-31.9%
144Northern and Western49-18.3%
146Freiburg48-26.2%
146Gelderland48+17.1%
146Southern48+14.3%
146Thüringen48-9.4%
150Leipzig47+23.7%
150Severozápad47-24.2%
152Braunschweig46-6.1%
152Região Autónoma dos Açores46-34.3%
154Noord-Brabant45-4.3%
155Bratislavský kraj44-6.4%
155Detmold44-4.3%
155Koblenz44-21.4%
155Limburg (NL)44-6.4%
155Lombardia44-8.3%
155Moravskoslezsko44-17%
155Sjælland44+25.7%
155Småland med öarna44+15.8%
163Prov. Antwerpen43-4.4%
164Länsi-Suomi42-37.3%
164Nord-Pas de Calais42+2.4%
164Norra Mellansverige42-17.6%
167Dresden41-18%
167Limousin41-43.8%
167Oberbayern41+7.9%
170Mittelfranken40-4.8%
170Navarre40-2.4%
170Schleswig-Holstein40+8.1%
170Umbria40-44.4%
170Východné Slovensko40-24.5%
175Norte39-9.3%
175Oberfranken39-20.4%
175Region of Murcia39+30%
175Sicilia39-13.3%
179Campania38-7.3%
179Catalonia38-2.6%
181Alsace37+19.4%
181Liguria37-35.1%
183Andalusia36+16.1%
183Cantabria36-5.3%
183Valencian Community36+16.1%
186Gießen35-37.5%
186Midtjylland350%
186Prov. Vlaams-Brabant35-32.7%
186Syddanmark35+12.9%
190Åland34-2.9%
190Asturias34-2.9%
190Canary Islands34+17.2%
190Chemnitz34-32%
190Saarland34+9.7%
195Budapest33+10%
195Darmstadt33+6.5%
195Münster33+3.1%
195Rheinhessen-Pfalz33-8.3%
195Västsverige33+26.9%
200Noord-Holland31+10.7%
201Köln30+7.1%
201Stuttgart30-3.2%
203Hovedstaden29+45%
203Karlsruhe29-17.1%
205Vorarlberg28+21.7%
206Eastern and Midland27+35%
206Flevoland27-10%
208Arnsberg26+8.3%
208Basque Country26-16.1%
208Groningen26-45.8%
211Ceuta24-31.4%
211Ile-de-France24-14.3%
211Mellersta Norrland240%
211Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste24-56.4%
215Düsseldorf23-11.5%
215Östra Mellansverige23-14.8%
217Praha21-8.7%
218Helsinki-Uusimaa20-9.1%
218Sydsverige20-25.9%
220Bremen19-24%
220Community of Madrid19+11.8%
222Berlin16+14.3%
222Hamburg16+45.5%
224Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest14-41.7%
225Melilla12-47.8%
226Stockholm11+83.3%
227Wien10+42.9%

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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 regions are compared on one definition. 17 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Eurostat. Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed per million inhabitants (tran_r_acci). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_acci/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed per million inhabitants (tran_r_acci) (EU regions (NUTS 2) by road deaths per million inhabitants, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_acci/default/table

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Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed per million inhabitants (tran_r_acci), EU regions (NUTS 2) by road deaths per million inhabitants, 2016. Eurostat, European Commission, 31 Aug. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_acci/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/road-deaths-per-million/eu-regions?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed per million inhabitants (tran_r_acci). EU regions (NUTS 2) by road deaths per million inhabitants, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_acci/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/road-deaths-per-million/eu-regions?period=2016.

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Which region has the highest road deaths per million inhabitants?

Severozapaden, with 159 per million inhabitants in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Wien, with 10 per million inhabitants in 2016.

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