Regions of France (NUTS 2) by road deaths

Ile-de-France had the highest road deaths of 27 regions in 2021, at 292. Mayotte had the lowest, at 12. The median was 90 and the figure for France was 2,931. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest292Ile-de-France
Lowest12Mayotte
Median9027 regions
France2,931History

All regions, 2021

Ile-de-France: 292 personsIle-de-France292Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 289 personsProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur289Rhône-Alpes: 275 personsRhône-Alpes275Aquitaine: 191 personsAquitaine191Midi-Pyrénées: 187 personsMidi-Pyrénées187Languedoc-Roussillon: 169 personsLanguedoc-Roussillon169Pays de la Loire: 160 personsPays de la Loire160Bretagne: 146 personsBretagne146Nord-Pas de Calais: 144 personsNord-Pas de Calais144Centre - Val de Loire: 140 personsCentre - Val de Loire140Bourgogne: 114 personsBourgogne114Picardie: 113 personsPicardie113Poitou-Charentes: 100 personsPoitou-Charentes100Lorraine: 90 personsLorraine90Haute-Normandie: 82 personsHaute-Normandie82Champagne-Ardenne: 79 personsChampagne-Ardenne79Auvergne: 75 personsAuvergne75Basse-Normandie: 74 personsBasse-Normandie74Alsace: 71 personsAlsace71Franche-Comté: 68 personsFranche-Comté68Guadeloupe: 65 personsGuadeloupe65Limousin: 56 personsLimousin56La Réunion: 42 personsLa Réunion42Guyane: 35 personsGuyane35Corse: 29 personsCorse29Martinique: 29 personsMartinique29Mayotte: 12 personsMayotte12
persons. Source: Eurostat, Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed (tran_r_acci). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2021
persons
Change on 2020
1Ile-de-France292+17.3%
2Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur289+26.2%
3Rhône-Alpes275+5.8%
4Aquitaine191+17.9%
5Midi-Pyrénées187+26.4%
6Languedoc-Roussillon169+22.5%
7Pays de la Loire1600%
8Bretagne146+5.8%
9Nord-Pas de Calais144+51.6%
10Centre - Val de Loire140+26.1%
11Bourgogne114+14%
12Picardie113+16.5%
13Poitou-Charentes100-2%
14Lorraine90+1.1%
15Haute-Normandie82+26.2%
16Champagne-Ardenne79+6.8%
17Auvergne75+5.6%
18Basse-Normandie74-7.5%
19Alsace71+22.4%
20Franche-Comté68+6.3%
21Guadeloupe65+27.5%
22Limousin56+64.7%
23La Réunion42-2.3%
24Guyane35+6.1%
25Corse29+70.6%
25Martinique29+3.6%
27Mayotte12+20%

Other periods

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. 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) (Regions of France (NUTS 2) by road deaths, 2021) [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), Regions of France (NUTS 2) by road deaths, 2021. 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/france-regions?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed (tran_r_acci). Regions of France (NUTS 2) by road deaths, 2021. 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/france-regions?period=2021.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed (tran_r_acci), Regions of France (NUTS 2) by road deaths, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_acci/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/road-deaths/france-regions?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which region has the highest road deaths?

Ile-de-France, with 292 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest road deaths?

Mayotte, with 12 in 2021.

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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.

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