Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by road deaths per million inhabitants

Lüneburg had the highest road deaths per million inhabitants of 38 regions in 2019, at 70 per million inhabitants. Berlin had the lowest, at 11 per million inhabitants. The median was 42 per million inhabitants and the figure for Germany was 37 per million inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest70Lüneburg
Lowest11Berlin
Median4238 regions
Germany37History

All regions, 2019

Lüneburg: 70 per million inhabitantsLüneburg70Sachsen-Anhalt: 62 per million inhabitantsSachsen-Anhalt62Niederbayern: 56 per million inhabitantsNiederbayern56Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 55 per million inhabitantsMecklenburg-Vorpommern55Weser-Ems: 54 per million inhabitantsWeser-Ems54Braunschweig: 53 per million inhabitantsBraunschweig53Brandenburg: 50 per million inhabitantsBrandenburg50Gießen: 48 per million inhabitantsGießen48Leipzig: 48 per million inhabitantsLeipzig48Oberpfalz: 47 per million inhabitantsOberpfalz47Tübingen: 47 per million inhabitantsTübingen47Koblenz: 46 per million inhabitantsKoblenz46Chemnitz: 45 per million inhabitantsChemnitz45Trier: 45 per million inhabitantsTrier45Karlsruhe: 44 per million inhabitantsKarlsruhe44Thüringen: 43 per million inhabitantsThüringen43Freiburg: 42 per million inhabitantsFreiburg42Hannover: 42 per million inhabitantsHannover42Unterfranken: 42 per million inhabitantsUnterfranken42Oberfranken: 41 per million inhabitantsOberfranken41Kassel: 40 per million inhabitantsKassel40Oberbayern: 39 per million inhabitantsOberbayern39Mittelfranken: 38 per million inhabitantsMittelfranken38Detmold: 37 per million inhabitantsDetmold37Schwaben: 36 per million inhabitantsSchwaben36Schleswig-Holstein: 34 per million inhabitantsSchleswig-Holstein34Münster: 32 per million inhabitantsMünster32Darmstadt: 31 per million inhabitantsDarmstadt31Stuttgart: 31 per million inhabitantsStuttgart31Dresden: 29 per million inhabitantsDresden29Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 29 per million inhabitantsRheinhessen-Pfalz29Köln: 25 per million inhabitantsKöln25Saarland: 25 per million inhabitantsSaarland25Arnsberg: 21 per million inhabitantsArnsberg21Düsseldorf: 21 per million inhabitantsDüsseldorf21Hamburg: 15 per million inhabitantsHamburg15Bremen: 12 per million inhabitantsBremen12Berlin: 11 per million inhabitantsBerlin11
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

RankRegions2019
per million inhabitants
Change on 2018
1Lüneburg70+11.1%
2Sachsen-Anhalt62-1.6%
3Niederbayern56-22.2%
4Mecklenburg-Vorpommern55+3.8%
5Weser-Ems54-3.6%
6Braunschweig53+32.5%
7Brandenburg50-12.3%
8Gießen48+11.6%
8Leipzig480%
10Oberpfalz47-4.1%
10Tübingen47+17.5%
12Koblenz46+9.5%
13Chemnitz45-13.5%
13Trier45-11.8%
15Karlsruhe44+10%
16Thüringen43-8.5%
17Freiburg420%
17Hannover42-14.3%
17Unterfranken42-10.6%
20Oberfranken41-21.2%
21Kassel40-11.1%
22Oberbayern39-9.3%
23Mittelfranken38-9.5%
24Detmold37+15.6%
25Schwaben36-14.3%
26Schleswig-Holstein34-19%
27Münster32-8.6%
28Darmstadt31-11.4%
28Stuttgart31-18.4%
30Dresden29-37%
30Rheinhessen-Pfalz29-21.6%
32Köln25-16.7%
32Saarland25-28.6%
34Arnsberg21-8.7%
34Düsseldorf21-4.5%
36Hamburg15-6.3%
37Bremen12+33.3%
38Berlin11-8.3%

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 regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed per million inhabitants (tran_r_acci) (Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by road deaths per million inhabitants, 2019) [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), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by road deaths per million inhabitants, 2019. 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/germany-regions?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed per million inhabitants (tran_r_acci). Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by road deaths per million inhabitants, 2019. 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/germany-regions?period=2019.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed per million inhabitants (tran_r_acci), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by road deaths per million inhabitants, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_acci/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/road-deaths-per-million/germany-regions?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which region has the highest road deaths per million inhabitants?

Lüneburg, with 70 per million inhabitants in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Berlin, with 11 per million inhabitants in 2019.

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