Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by road deaths

Oberbayern had the highest road deaths of 38 regions in 2018, at 203. Bremen had the lowest, at 6. The median was 78 and the figure for Germany was 3,275. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest203Oberbayern

Lowest6Bremen

Median7838 regions

Germany3,275History

All regions, 2018

persons. Source: Eurostat, Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed (tran_r_acci). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2018 persons	Change on 2017
1	Oberbayern	203	+21.6%
2	Stuttgart	157	+22.7%
3	Brandenburg	143	-3.4%
4	Weser-Ems	141	+34.3%
5	Sachsen-Anhalt	140	+6.1%
6	Darmstadt	139	+25.2%
7	Köln	133	+9%
8	Schleswig-Holstein	122	+22%
9	Düsseldorf	115	-4.2%
10	Karlsruhe	112	-8.2%
11	Lüneburg	107	-8.5%
12	Hannover	106	-3.6%
13	Thüringen	100	-8.3%
14	Freiburg	96	+2.1%
15	Münster	92	-8%
16	Niederbayern	89	+7.2%
17	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	86	+8.9%
18	Arnsberg	84	+15.1%
19	Schwaben	80	-20%
20	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	76	-3.8%
21	Tübingen	75	-34.2%
22	Chemnitz	74	+72.1%
22	Dresden	74	+34.5%
22	Mittelfranken	74	+5.7%
25	Detmold	66	-4.3%
26	Braunschweig	64	-12.3%
27	Koblenz	63	-11.3%
28	Unterfranken	62	-3.1%
29	Oberfranken	56	-18.8%
30	Kassel	55	+1.9%
31	Oberpfalz	54	-1.8%
32	Leipzig	50	+2%
33	Berlin	45	+25%
33	Gießen	45	-6.3%
35	Saarland	35	-18.6%
36	Hamburg	29	+3.6%
37	Trier	27	0%
38	Bremen	6	-53.8%

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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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed (tran_r_acci) (Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by road deaths, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_acci/default/table

MLA 9

Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed (tran_r_acci), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by road deaths, 2018. 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/germany-regions?period=2018. 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 Germany (NUTS 2) by road deaths, 2018. 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/germany-regions?period=2018.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed (tran_r_acci), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by road deaths, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_acci/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/road-deaths/germany-regions?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region, killed (tran\_r\_acci): Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by road deaths, 2018}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_acci/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/road-deaths/germany-regions?period=2018. Publisher attribution: 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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Which region has the highest road deaths?

Oberbayern, with 203 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest road deaths?

Bremen, with 6 in 2018.

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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.