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EU regions (NUTS 2) by road deaths

Lombardia had the highest road deaths of 227 regions in 2016, at 434. Melilla had the lowest, at 1. The median was 79 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 23,808. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest434Lombardia
Lowest1Melilla
Median79227 regions
European Union (27)23,808History

Top 40 regions, 2016

Lombardia: 434 personsLombardia434Rhône-Alpes: 356 personsRhône-Alpes356Lazio: 347 personsLazio347Nord-Est: 344 personsNord-Est344Veneto: 344 personsVeneto344Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 333 personsProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur333Emilia-Romagna: 307 personsEmilia-Romagna307Sud-Muntenia: 304 personsSud-Muntenia304Andalusia: 303 personsAndalusia303Ile-de-France: 287 personsIle-de-France287Catalonia: 282 personsCatalonia282Sud-Est: 276 personsSud-Est276Śląskie: 257 personsŚląskie257Puglia: 254 personsPuglia254Toscana: 249 personsToscana249Wielkopolskie: 249 personsWielkopolskie249Piemonte: 247 personsPiemonte247Nord-Vest: 234 personsNord-Vest234Centru: 232 personsCentru232Dolnośląskie: 226 personsDolnośląskie226Pays de la Loire: 225 personsPays de la Loire225Campania: 218 personsCampania218Languedoc-Roussillon: 215 personsLanguedoc-Roussillon215Łódzkie: 214 personsŁódzkie214Midi-Pyrénées: 213 personsMidi-Pyrénées213Sud-Vest Oltenia: 211 personsSud-Vest Oltenia211Aquitaine: 201 personsAquitaine201Attiki: 200 personsAttiki200Sicilia: 192 personsSicilia192Oberbayern: 188 personsOberbayern188Małopolskie: 185 personsMałopolskie185Valencian Community: 180 personsValencian Community180Vest: 179 personsVest179Bretagne: 178 personsBretagne178Kujawsko-pomorskie: 178 personsKujawsko-pomorskie178Lubelskie: 178 personsLubelskie178Castile and León: 175 personsCastile and León175Nord-Pas de Calais: 173 personsNord-Pas de Calais173Centre - Val de Loire: 166 personsCentre - Val de Loire166Latvija: 158 personsLatvija158
persons. Source: Eurostat, Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed (tran_r_acci). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Lombardia434-9.2%
2Rhône-Alpes356+6.3%
3Lazio347-6.2%
4Nord-Est344+5.2%
4Veneto344+9.2%
6Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur333+7.4%
7Emilia-Romagna307-5.8%
8Sud-Muntenia304+16.9%
9Andalusia303+15.6%
10Ile-de-France287-15.3%
11Catalonia282-3.1%
12Sud-Est276+3.4%
13Śląskie257+0.8%
14Puglia254+9.5%
15Toscana249+0.8%
15Wielkopolskie249+1.6%
17Piemonte247+0.4%
18Nord-Vest234-8.9%
19Centru232+7.4%
20Dolnośląskie226+22.2%
21Pays de la Loire225+11.9%
22Campania218-7.2%
23Languedoc-Roussillon215-10.4%
24Łódzkie214-9.3%
25Midi-Pyrénées213+6.5%
26Sud-Vest Oltenia211-8.3%
27Aquitaine201-16.3%
28Attiki200-3.4%
29Sicilia192-14.7%
30Oberbayern188+8.7%
31Małopolskie185-6.6%
32Valencian Community180+16.9%
33Vest179-15.2%
34Bretagne178+20.3%
34Kujawsko-pomorskie178+16.3%
34Lubelskie178-5.3%
37Castile and León175-3.3%
38Nord-Pas de Calais173+2.4%
39Centre - Val de Loire166-6.7%
40Latvija158-16%
40Warmińsko-mazurskie158+12.9%
42Picardie149+8%
42Zachodniopomorskie149+19.2%
44Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas145-24.1%
45Kentriki Makedonia144+16.1%
45Pomorskie144-15.3%
47Galicia141+14.6%
47Norte141-9.6%
47Podkarpackie141+3.7%
50Poitou-Charentes138-6.1%
51Yuzhen tsentralen136-6.8%
52Weser-Ems135-6.3%
53Bourgogne133+17.7%
53Bucureşti-Ilfov133+6.4%
53Köln133+8.1%
53Sachsen-Anhalt133-8.3%
57Darmstadt132+8.2%
58Yugozapaden128-15.8%
59Stuttgart124-3.1%
60Brandenburg121-32.4%
60Community of Madrid121+9%
62Podlaskie120+1.7%
62Severozapaden120+16.5%
64Düsseldorf119-10.5%
65Castilla-La Mancha118+10.3%
66Calabria117+24.5%
66Yugoiztochen117-3.3%
68Lorraine116+4.5%
69Schleswig-Holstein114+6.5%
70Lubuskie113+22.8%
70Noord-Brabant113-3.4%
72Niederösterreich112-14.5%
73Hannover111-5.1%
74Střední Čechy109+0.9%
75Prov. Hainaut108-11.5%
75Severen tsentralen108+35%
77Freiburg107-26.2%
77Świętokrzyskie107-0.9%
79Jadranska Hrvatska106-24.8%
79Sardegna106-3.6%
81Severovýchod105-13.9%
82Thüringen104-9.6%
83Auvergne103-5.5%
83Dél-Alföld1030%
83Schwaben103+12%
86Jihozápad102-11.3%
87Marche100+7.5%
88Opolskie99-2.9%
88Severoiztochen99-6.6%
90Gelderland98+18.1%
91Arnsberg95+9.2%
91Basse-Normandie95-1%
91Haute-Normandie95+21.8%
91Lüneburg95-19.5%
95Tübingen94-16.1%
95Západné Slovensko94-4.1%
97Detmold91-4.2%
98Oberösterreich90+2.3%
98Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi90+8.4%
100Mecklenburg-Vorpommern89-4.3%
101Stredné Slovensko88-8.3%
102Észak-Alföld87-12.1%
102Prov. Liège87+4.8%
102Prov. West-Vlaanderen87-3.3%
105Jihovýchod86-34.8%
105Münster86+2.4%
105Noord-Holland86+10.3%
108Champagne-Ardenne85-7.6%
109Nyugat-Dunántúl83-14.4%
109Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen83-17.8%
111Pest82+5.1%
112Karlsruhe80-18.4%
112Oberpfalz80-3.6%
114Prov. Antwerpen79-4.8%
115Etelä-Suomi77+32.8%
115Franche-Comté77+14.9%
115Southern77+16.7%
118Abruzzo76-9.5%
118Střední Morava76-22.4%
120Vzhodna Slovenija75+17.2%
121Aragon73+2.8%
121Braunschweig73-6.4%
123Peloponnisos72-16.3%
123Steiermark72-6.5%
125Canary Islands71+14.5%
125Eesti71+6%
127Mittelfranken70-4.1%
128Alsace69+16.9%
129Rheinhessen-Pfalz68-8.1%
129Unterfranken68+21.4%
131Friuli-Venezia Giulia67-4.3%
132Dél-Dunántúl66-10.8%
132Közép-Dunántúl66-18.5%
132Niederbayern66-22.4%
132Västsverige66+26.9%
136Dresden65-18.8%
136Koblenz65-22.6%
136Východné Slovensko65-24.4%
139Dytiki Elláda63-18.2%
139Eastern and Midland63+37%
139Észak-Magyarország63+5%
139Kriti63-4.5%
143Extremadura62+14.8%
143Kassel620%
143Sterea Elláda62+19.2%
146Balearic Islands60+13.2%
147Overijssel59+43.9%
148Länsi-Suomi58-37%
148Liguria58-34.8%
148Region of Murcia58+31.8%
151Budapest57+9.6%
152Basque Country56-16.4%
152Berlin56+16.7%
154Zahodna Slovenija55-1.8%
155Moravskoslezsko53-17.2%
155Prov. Namur53+3.9%
155Severozápad53-24.3%
158Hovedstaden52+44.4%
159Prov. Limburg (BE)50-21.9%
160Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki49+28.9%
160Chemnitz49-32.9%
160Limburg (NL)49-7.5%
163Leipzig48+23.1%
164Sostinės regionas47-7.8%
165Kýpros46-19.3%
166Midtjylland450%
166Notio Aigaio450%
166Tirol45-16.7%
169Syddanmark43+13.2%
170Basilicata42-2.3%
170Northern and Western42-16%
172Oberfranken41-21.2%
172Thessalia41+24.2%
174Prov. Vlaams-Brabant40-31%
175Prov. Luxembourg (BE)39-36.1%
176Algarve38-9.5%
176Östra Mellansverige38-13.6%
176Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen38+5.6%
179Gießen37-36.2%
179Sjælland37+27.6%
179Småland med öarna37+15.6%
182Norra Mellansverige36-16.3%
183Asturias35-2.8%
183Ipeiros35+66.7%
183Umbria35-45.3%
186Corse34-2.9%
186Nordjylland34+13.3%
186Saarland34+9.7%
189Friesland (NL)330%
189Kärnten33-17.5%
191Helsinki-Uusimaa32-11.1%
191Luxembourg32-11.1%
191Provincia Autonoma di Trento32-23.8%
194Salzburg31-27.9%
195Limousin30-44.4%
196Drenthe29-6.5%
196Hamburg29+45%
196Övre Norrland29+11.5%
196Sydsverige29-25.6%
200Bratislavský kraj28-6.7%
200Trier28-22.2%
202Praha27-6.9%
202Prov. Brabant wallon27+35%
204Navarre260%
204Stockholm26+85.7%
206La Rioja25+25%
207Malta23+109.1%
208Zeeland22+4.8%
209Cantabria21-4.5%
210Burgenland19-20.8%
210Wien19+46.2%
212Ionia Nisia18+80%
213Molise17-22.7%
213Região Autónoma da Madeira17+21.4%
213Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest17-41.4%
213Voreio Aigaio17+6.3%
217Dytiki Makedonia15-16.7%
217Groningen15-46.4%
219Bremen13-23.5%
220Flevoland11-8.3%
220Região Autónoma dos Açores11-35.3%
220Vorarlberg11+22.2%
223Mellersta Norrland90%
224Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste3-57.1%
225Ceuta2-33.3%
226Åland10%
226Melilla1-50%

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About this ranking

People killed in road traffic accidents during the year, counting deaths within 30 days of the accident and excluding confirmed suicides and natural deaths. From police records reported to the EU road accident database (CARE).

Police counts. The WHO road traffic death rate is a modelled estimate per 100,000 people and differs from these figures.

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.

How to cite

Eurostat. Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed (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 (tran_r_acci) (EU regions (NUTS 2) by road deaths, 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 (tran_r_acci), EU regions (NUTS 2) by road deaths, 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/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 (tran_r_acci). EU regions (NUTS 2) by road deaths, 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/eu-regions?period=2016.

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

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Which region has the highest road deaths?

Lombardia, with 434 in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest road deaths?

Melilla, with 1 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, Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed (tran_r_acci). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 17 regions have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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