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The number of people killed in road accidents on motorways

fell by 48% in the decade from 2004 to 2013.

General Almost 30.000 people were killed in road accidents on motorways in the European Union countries between 2004 and 2013. This number corresponds to 8% of all road fatalities in those countries. There were 3.755 road accident fatalities on motorways in 2004, and the number fell by 48% by 2013 (1.970). The total number of road accident fatalities in the European Union countries also fell significantly over the same decade, by 45%. Although the overall number of road fatalities decreased rather steadily, the trend for motorway fatalities has been more variable. The most significant reduction of the number of fatalities on motorways occurred between 2007 – 2008, whilst a slight increase in motorway fatalities occurred between 2012 – 2013. Note that in three countries (Germany, Greece, and Poland) a significant number of fatalities are recorded in the CARE data as being on non-specified road network type (it is not known whether or not they occurred on a motorway). Figure 1: Number of fatalities on motorways and all road fatalities, EU, 2004-2013

Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015

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The reduction in motorway

fatalities between 2004 and 2013 was highest in Spain

(68%).

Table 1 provides an overview of the changes in the number of fatalities on motorways by country.

Table 1: Number of fatalities on motorways by country, 2004-2013

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

BE 125 161 164 153 139 150 106 120 91 94

BG - - - - - 36 - - - -

CZ 58 45 37 48 30 25 28 21 22 25

DK 27 31 16 24 31 24 27 12 8 12

DE 694 662 645 602 495 475 430 453 387 428

EE - - - - - - - - - -

IE 6 2 11 10 2 4 9 9 5 -

EL 116 111 147 140 120 108 87 81 57 79

ES 925 855 776 618 496 465 418 341 304 294

FR 316 323 296 273 233 225 238 268 223 238

HR - - - 65 67 43 33 23 43 41

IT 648 577 590 526 452 350 376 338 330 321

CY 9 9 13 13 8 7 9 7 3 2

LV - - - - - - - - - -

LT - - - - - - - - - -

LU 7 4 6 11 6 36 29 4 7 6

HU 62 48 55 61 54 38 44 49 31 30

MT - - - - - - - - - -

NL - - - - - 83 64 43 68 59

AT 118 89 74 74 71 61 59 46 50 31

PL 42 33 55 53 35 43 28 37 44 40

PT 116 98 84 128 96 89 111 84 58 44

RO 19 37 50 41 21 25 18 16 17 24

SI 37 20 33 37 13 30 19 20 20 16

SK - 21 15 19 14 9 14 - - -

FI 17 10 17 14 9 12 4 11 13 8

SE 42 24 28 25 18 21 24 20 18 21

UK 166 206 189 185 160 132 118 106 89 102

EU 3.755 3.550 3.486 3.238 2.689 2.491 2.329 2.159 1.938 1.970

Yearly change

-5,5% -1,8% -7,1% -17,0% -7,4% -6,5% -7,3% -10,2% 1,6%

CH 51 25 31 47 27 34 23 22 63 23 Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015 * Totals for EU include latest available data (Data for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta not included in totals)

Table 2 shows the rate of fatalities on motorways per million population between 2004 and 2013. The 2013 rate was higher in Croatia (9,6) than in the other European countries and hence higher than the average rate (4,0) of the EU countries.

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Austria experienced a significant reduction (75%) in the fatality rate on its motorway network

within 2004-2013.

Table 2: Motorway fatality rates per million population by country, 2004-2013 or latest available year

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

BE 12,0 15,4 15,6 14,5 13,0 13,9 9,8 10,9 8,2 8,4

BG 4,6 4,7 4,7 4,8 4,8 4,8 4,9 4,9 4,9 4,9

CZ 5,7 4,4 3,6 4,7 2,9 2,4 2,7 2,0 2,1 2,4

DK 5,0 5,7 2,9 4,4 5,7 4,4 4,9 2,2 1,4 2,1

DE 8,4 8,0 7,8 7,3 6,0 5,8 5,3 5,5 4,7 5,2

EE - - - - - - - - - -

IE 1,5 0,5 2,6 2,3 0,4 0,9 2,0 2,0 1,1 1,1

EL 10,5 10,0 13,2 12,6 10,7 9,7 7,8 7,3 5,1 7,1

ES 21,7 19,8 17,6 13,8 10,9 10,1 9,0 7,3 6,5 6,3

FR 5,2 5,3 4,8 4,4 3,7 3,6 3,8 4,2 3,5 3,7

HR 15,1 15,1 15,1 15,1 15,5 10,0 7,7 5,4 10,1 9,6

IT 11,3 10,0 10,2 9,0 7,7 5,9 6,4 5,7 5,6 5,4

CY 12,4 12,3 17,5 17,2 10,3 8,8 11,0 8,3 3,5 2,3

LV - - - - - - - - - -

LT - - - - - - - - - -

LU 15,4 8,7 12,8 23,1 12,4 72,9 57,8 7,8 13,3 11,2

HU 6,1 4,8 5,5 6,1 5,4 3,8 4,4 4,9 3,1 3,0

MT - - - - - - - - - -

NL 5,1 5,1 5,1 5,1 5,1 5,0 3,9 2,6 4,1 3,5

AT 14,5 10,9 9,0 8,9 8,5 7,3 7,1 5,5 5,9 3,7

PL 1,1 0,9 1,4 1,4 0,9 1,1 0,7 1,0 1,2 1,1

PT 11,1 9,3 8,0 12,1 9,1 8,4 10,5 7,9 5,5 4,2

RO 0,9 1,7 2,4 1,9 1,0 1,2 0,9 0,8 0,8 1,2

SI 18,5 10,0 16,5 18,4 6,5 14,8 9,3 9,8 9,7 7,8

SK 3,9 3,9 2,8 3,5 2,6 1,7 2,6 2,6 2,6 2,6

FI 3,3 1,9 3,2 2,7 1,7 2,3 0,7 2,0 2,4 1,5

SE 4,7 2,7 3,1 2,7 2,0 2,3 2,6 2,1 1,9 2,2

UK 2,9 3,5 3,2 3,1 2,7 2,2 1,9 1,7 1,4 1,6

EU 7,8 7,3 7,2 6,6 5,5 5,1 4,7 4,4 3,9 4,0

CH 6,9 3,4 4,2 6,3 3,6 4,4 3,0 2,8 7,9 2,9

Sources: CARE database (EUROSTAT for population data), data available in May 2015

Figure 2 shows that the fatality rate on motorways in EU decreased by almost 49% between 2004 and 2013, from 7,8 per million population in 2004 to 4,0 in 2013.

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The fatality rate on motorways, in EU, decreased by almost 49%

between 2004 and 2013.

Figure 2: Motorway fatality rates per million population by country, 2004 and 2013 or latest available year

Sources: CARE database (EUROSTAT for population data), data available in May 2015

A fairer comparison of the level of safety on motorways involves the fatality rate per thousand kilometers of motorway. Using this exposure measure (motorway network length), Table 3 and Figure 3 show that the motorway fatality rate in Hungary decreased by 82% between 2004 and 2013. Furthermore, the average rate for EU fell by 56% between 2004 (61,6) and 2013 (27,3).

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The fatality rate on the

Hungarian motorways decreased by 82% between 2004 and

2013.

The average fatality rate per

thousand kilometers of motorways for EU fell by 56%

between 2004 and 2013.

Table 3: Motorway fatality rates per 1.000 km of motorways by country, 2004-2013 or latest available year

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

BE 71,6 92,2 93,0 86,8 78,8 85,1 60,1 68,1 51,6 53,3

BG 108,8 108,8 91,4 86,1 86,1 86,1 82,4 78,6 66,5 66,5

CZ 106,2 79,8 58,5 73,1 43,4 34,3 38,1 28,2 29,3 33,3

DK 26,7 30,7 14,9 21,6 27,5 21,3 23,9 10,6 7,1 10,6

DE 57,0 53,5 51,5 47,8 39,1 37,1 33,5 35,3 30,0 33,1

EE - - - - - - - - - -

IE 31,3 8,1 44,5 37,2 4,7 6,0 10,0 10,0 5,6 5,6

EL 131,8 126,1 169,4 161,3 126,6 113,9 91,8 85,4 60,1 83,3

ES 86,1 74,8 64,3 47,5 36,7 33,2 29,3 23,4 20,7 20,0

FR 30,1 29,9 27,3 24,9 21,1 20,2 20,9 23,5 19,5 20,8

HR 70,3 64,0 60,1 56,2 55,9 34,6 26,5 18,3 34,3 31,7

IT 99,2 88,2 90,0 79,8 68,2 52,5 56,4 50,7 49,1 47,7

CY 33,6 32,6 50,6 50,6 31,1 27,2 35,0 27,2 11,7 7,8

LV - - - - - - - - - -

LT - - - - - - - - - -

LU 47,9 27,2 40,8 74,8 40,8 236,8 190,8 26,3 46,1 39,5

HU 109,0 75,5 70,1 71,1 42,4 29,9 29,8 32,3 20,5 19,8

MT - - - - - - - - - -

NL 32,1 31,9 31,9 32,1 31,5 31,5 24,3 16,3 25,8 22,4

AT 70,4 53,1 44,1 43,6 41,9 36,0 34,3 26,8 29,1 18,0

PL 76,1 59,8 83,0 79,9 45,8 50,6 32,7 34,6 32,2 27,0

PT 45,7 38,5 33,1 48,9 35,8 32,9 40,6 30,7 19,4 14,7

RO 83,3 162,3 219,3 145,9 74,7 77,9 54,2 45,7 30,9 37,3

SI 76,6 35,1 57,0 63,9 18,7 40,2 24,6 26,0 26,0 20,8

SK 66,4 64,1 45,8 52,1 36,5 23,0 33,7 33,4 33,4 33,4

FI 26,0 14,4 24,3 20,0 12,2 15,7 5,1 13,9 16,7 9,9

SE 24,9 14,3 16,1 13,8 9,7 11,1 12,7 10,6 9,5 11,1

UK 45,4 56,8 51,6 50,4 43,6 35,9 32,1 28,8 24,1 27,7

EU 61,6 56,8 54,5 49,4 39,8 36,2 33,3 30,6 27,0 27,3

CH 38,0 18,4 22,8 34,0 19,5 24,2 16,4 15,5 44,4 16,2 Sources: CARE database (EUROSTAT for road length data), data available in May 2015

Figure 3: Motorway fatality rates per 1.000 km of motorways by country, EU, 2004-2013 or latest available year

Sources: CARE database (EUROSTAT for road length data), data available in May 2015

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Poland and Romania are the

countries with the lowest proportion of fatalities occurring

on motorways (1%) in 2013.

Spain had the highest proportion

of road accident fatalities on motorways (18%) in 2013.

Greece is the country with the highest number of fatalities on motorways per thousand kilometers of motorway network in 2013. Conversely, the fatality rate in Ireland in 2013 (5,6) is significantly lower than the average rate for EU countries (27,3).

Table 4 shows the proportion of road accident fatalities that occurred on motorways by country. Spain had the highest proportion in 2013 in the EU countries (18%), followed by Belgium, Germany and Slovenia (13%). By contrast, the lowest proportion of fatalities occurring on motorways was in Poland and Romania (1%).

Table 4: Percentage of fatalities on motorways of all road fatalities by country, 2004-2013 or latest available year

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

BE 11% 15% 15% 14% 15% 16% 13% 14% 12% 13%

BG 4% 4% 3% 3% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4%

CZ 4% 3% 3% 4% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 4%

DK 7% 9% 5% 6% 8% 8% 11% 5% 5% 6%

DE 12% 12% 13% 12% 11% 11% 12% 11% 11% 13%

EE - - - - - - - - - -

IE 2% 1% 3% 3% 1% 2% 4% 5% 3% 3%

EL 7% 7% 9% 9% 8% 7% 7% 7% 6% 9%

ES 20% 19% 19% 16% 16% 17% 17% 17% 16% 18%

FR 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 5% 6% 7% 6% 7%

HR 11% 11% 11% 11% 10% 8% 8% 6% 11% 11%

IT 11% 10% 10% 10% 10% 8% 9% 9% 9% 9%

CY 8% 8% 15% 15% 10% 10% 15% 10% 6% 5%

LV - - - - - - - - - -

LT - - - - - - - - - -

LU 14% 9% 14% 24% 17% 75% 91% 12% 21% 13%

HU 5% 4% 4% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 5% 5%

MT - - - - - - - - - -

NL 10% 11% 11% 12% 12% 13% 12% 8% 12% 12%

AT 13% 12% 10% 11% 10% 10% 11% 9% 9% 7%

PL 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%

PT 9% 8% 9% 13% 11% 11% 12% 9% 8% 7%

RO 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%

SI 14% 8% 13% 13% 6% 18% 14% 14% 15% 13%

SK 3% 3% 2% 3% 2% 2% 4% 4% 4% 4%

FI 5% 3% 5% 4% 3% 4% 1% 4% 5% 3%

SE 9% 5% 6% 5% 5% 6% 9% 6% 6% 8%

UK 5% 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 5% 6%

EU 8% 8% 8% 8% 7% 7% 8% 7% 7% 8%

CH 10% 6% 8% 12% 8% 10% 7% 7% 19% 9% Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015

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58% of fatalities on motorways across the EU countries were car

or taxi occupants.

About 12% of fatalities on motorways across the EU

countries were two-wheeler riders.

In the following tables and figures, the CARE data for 2013 are analysed in greater detail. It should be noted that the latest available data are used, meaning 2009 data for BG and EE, 2010 data for MT and SK, and 2012 data for IE.

Mode of transport Table 5 shows the number of fatalities on motorways in 2013 by mode of transport. About 58% of fatalities on motorways across the EU countries were car or taxi occupants and almost 12% of fatalities were users of two-wheelers.

Table 5: Total number and distribution of fatalities on motorways by country and mode of transport, 2013 or latest available year

Car/taxi Lorries

Two-wheelers

Pedestrian Others Total

BE 63% 18% 2% 10% 7% 94

BG 94% 3% 0% 3% 0% 36

CZ 44% 16% 4% 8% 28% 25

DK 58% 25% 0% 8% 8% 12

DE 63% 0% 12% 7% 19% 428

EE - - - - - -

IE 80% 0% 0% 20% 0% 5

EL 68% 4% 23% 5% 0% 79

ES 51% 8% 15% 19% 7% 294

FR 60% 10% 16% 9% 5% 238

HR 78% 0% 7% 15% 0% 41

IT 52% 19% 11% 7% 10% 321

CY 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 2

LV - - - - - -

LT - - - - - -

LU 83% 0% 0% 0% 17% 6

HU 63% 10% 7% 13% 7% 30

MT - - - - - -

NL 63% 8% 5% 14% 10% 59

AT 55% 19% 3% 13% 10% 31

PL 50% 0% 15% 15% 20% 40

PT 50% 16% 14% 14% 7% 44

RO 63% 13% 0% 25% 0% 24

SI 25% 19% 6% 31% 19% 16

SK 71% 0% 7% 14% 7% 14

FI 63% 13% 0% 25% 0% 8

SE 43% 5% 10% 33% 10% 21

UK 53% 6% 15% 17% 10% 102

EU 1.147 175 230 220 199 1.970

% by mode of transport

58,2% 8,9% 11,6% 11,2% 10,1% 100%

CH 78% 0% 13% 4% 4% 23 Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015

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Almost one third of fatalities on

motorways in Sweden were pedestrians, the highest

proportion in any of the EU countries.

Figure 4 shows that in 2013, 33% of fatalities on motorways in Sweden were pedestrians, the highest proportion among the EU countries. Furthermore, Slovenia, Romania and Finland had high proportions of pedestrian fatalities on motorways, 31% and 25% respectively. Figure 4: Distribution of fatalities on motorways by country and mode of transport, 2013 or latest available year

Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015

It is worth noticing that in 2013 less than 12% of the fatalities occurring on motorways in the EU countries were users of two wheeled vehicles (motorcycle, moped or pedal cycle users); Greece (23%) had the highest percentage. By comparison, Figure 5 shows that 27% of fatalities on non-motorway roads were users of two wheeled vehicles with Netherlands having the highest percentage (44%).

Figure 5: Distribution of fatalities on non-motorway road network by country and mode of transport, 2013 or latest available year

Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015

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The vehicle manoeuvre most frequently associated with

fatalities on motorways in the EU countries is driving ‘straight

ahead’.

Manoeuvre Type Table 6 shows that the vehicle manoeuvre most frequently associated

with fatalities on motorways in the EU countries is driving ‘straight ahead’.

About 26% of fatalities were occupants of vehicles, who were driving

straight ahead and making no other manoeuvre. However, the

corresponding percentage for this manoeuvre on non-motorway network

is lower (21%), as shown in Table 7, maybe due to the large number of

“not defined” manoeuvres. More specifically, in 8 countries (Bulgaria,

Czech Republic, Germany, Croatia, Italy, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden)

almost all manoeuvres on motorways and on non -motorways are “not

defined”.

Table 6: Total number and distribution of fatalities on motorways by country and manoeuvre type, 2013 or latest available year

changing lane

over taking

stopped stopping

straight ahead

turning U

turn other

not defined

Total

BE 0% 4% 1% 26% 1% 0% 64% 4% 94 BG 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 36 CZ 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 25 DK 0% 0% 0% 75% 17% 0% 8% 0% 12 DE 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 428 EE - - - - - - - - - IE 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 80% 20% 5 EL 0% 0% 1% 29% 5% 0% 34% 30% 79 ES 0% 6% 5% 60% 2% 0% 23% 3% 294 FR 1% 7% 3% 48% 16% 0% 11% 14% 238 HR 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 41 IT 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 321 CY 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2 LV - - - - - - - - - LT - - - - - - - - - LU 0% 17% 17% 33% 0% 0% 33% 0% 6 HU 3% 0% 17% 67% 0% 0% 10% 3% 30 MT - - - - - - - - - NL 3% 0% 3% 73% 0% 0% 14% 7% 59 AT 3% 6% 0% 19% 0% 3% 13% 55% 31 PL 0% 5% 0% 0% 0% 0% 90% 5% 40 PT 0% 0% 16% 75% 2% 0% 5% 2% 44 RO 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 17% 83% 24 SI 13% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 38% 50% 16 SK 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 14 FI 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 8 SE 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 21 UK 1% 4% 12% 60% 0% 0% 17% 7% 102

EU 9 48 53 513 51 1 269 1.026 1.970

% 0,5% 2,4% 2,7% 26,1% 2,6% 0,1% 13,7% 52,1% 100% CH 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 23

Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015

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More fatalities are associated with stopping manoeuvres on

motorways than on the remaining road network.

Table 7: Total number and distribution of fatalities on non-motorway road network by country and manoeuvre type, 2013 or latest available year

changing lane

over-taking

stopped stopping

straight ahead

turning U

turn other

not defined

Total

BE 0% 7% 0% 26% 5% 0% 51% 11% 629 BG 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 865 CZ 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 16% 84% 629 DK 1% 0% 7% 70% 9% 0% 12% 1% 179 DE 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 2.029 EE - - - - - - - - - IE - - - - - - - - 0 EL 0% 1% 30% 22% 0% 2% 45% 0% 800 ES 0% 3% 4% 58% 2% 0% 25% 9% 1.385 FR 1% 4% 0% 46% 25% 0% 16% 7% 3.022 HR 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 327 IT 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 3.064 CY 0% 2% 0% 64% 7% 0% 24% 2% 42 LV - - - - - - - - - LT - - - - - - - - - LU 0% 5% 3% 36% 5% 0% 51% 0% 39 HU 1% 6% 0% 60% 6% 0% 26% 1% 561 MT - - - - - - - - - NL 1% 0% 1% 74% 7% 0% 15% 3% 398 AT 0% 4% 0% 20% 5% 0% 6% 64% 424 PL 0% 3% 0% 0% 1% 0% 86% 10% 2.887 PT 0% 3% 9% 61% 2% 1% 22% 2% 575 RO 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 35% 65% 1.837 SI 16% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 58% 27% 109 SK 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 357 FI 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 250 SE 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 227 UK 1% 6% 3% 43% 3% 0% 40% 4% 1.668

EU 66 479 424 4.466 1.035 35 5.864 9.935 22.303

% 0,3% 2,3% 0,9% 20,8% 5,0% 0,1% 26,8% 43,9% 100%

CH 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 246 Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015

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Proportionately over twice as

many pedestrians are killed on non-motorways as on

motorways.

Age and Road User Type Table 8 shows the number of fatalities on motorways in 2013 by road user type and age in the EU countries, while Table 9 shows the respective number on non-motorways. Table 8 shows that, of the age groups studied, the highest percentage of fatalities on motorways for drivers, passengers and pedestrians occurred in the 25-49 age group.

Table 8: Total number and distribution of fatalities on motorways by country, road user type and age group, 2013 or latest available year

Road User Type Age group

Total Driver Passenger Pedestrian <18 18-24 25-49 50-64 >64

BE 59% 32% 10% 1% 21% 53% 15% 10% 94

BG 47% 50% 3% 8% 19% 64% 8% 0% 36

CZ 68% 24% 8% 8% 8% 56% 24% 4% 25

DK 50% 42% 8% 0% 0% 25% 17% 58% 12

DE 67% 27% 7% 2% 12% 50% 20% 16% 428

EE - - - - - - - - -

IE 60% 20% 20% 20% 0% 40% 20% 20% 5

EL 71% 24% 5% 4% 6% 47% 18% 25% 79

ES 56% 25% 19% 4% 8% 44% 26% 19% 294

FR 58% 33% 9% 6% 13% 40% 24% 17% 238

HR 44% 41% 15% 2% 7% 51% 29% 10% 41

IT 56% 37% 7% 3% 7% 46% 23% 20% 321

CY 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 2

LV - - - - - - - - -

LT - - - - - - - - -

LU 100% 0% 0% 0% 17% 67% 17% 0% 6

HU 40% 47% 13% 7% 3% 50% 33% 7% 30

MT - - - - - - - - -

NL 76% 10% 14% 2% 17% 53% 17% 12% 59

AT 58% 29% 13% 0% 10% 42% 29% 19% 31

PL 60% 25% 15% 0% 18% 50% 20% 13% 40

PT 59% 27% 14% 0% 11% 39% 27% 23% 44

RO 29% 46% 25% 8% 13% 63% 8% 8% 24

SI 50% 19% 31% 0% 13% 44% 38% 6% 16

SK 50% 36% 14% 0% 21% 50% 29% 0% 14

FI 25% 50% 25% 0% 13% 50% 13% 25% 8

SE 52% 14% 33% 5% 10% 33% 24% 29% 21

UK 66% 18% 17% 4% 14% 39% 26% 17% 102

EU 59,5% 29,3% 11,2% 3,4% 11,1% 46,6% 22,3% 16,6% 1.970

CH 74% 22% 4% 9% 13% 57% 4% 17% 23 Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015

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Table 9 shows that in the EU countries, the highest percentage of fatalities on non-motorway roads was also in the 25-49 age group. As far as pedestrian fatalities on non-motorway roads are concerned, the highest percentage of fatalities occurred in Romania (39%) and Slovakia (35%). It is noted that the over 65 age group is less involved in motorway fatalities (25,8%) than in motorway fatalities (43,9%).

Table 9: Total number and distribution of fatalities on non-motorway road network by country, road user type and age group, 2013 or latest available year

Road User Type Age group

Total

Driver Passenger Pedestrian <18 18-24 25-49 50-64 >64

BE 73% 12% 14% 4% 16% 43% 15% 23% 629

BG 48% 29% 23% 7% 17% 40% 18% 18% 865

CZ 59% 15% 25% 3% 15% 37% 21% 25% 629

DK 64% 18% 18% 11% 14% 30% 20% 26% 179

DE 69% 10% 20% 5% 15% 27% 18% 35% 2.029

EE - - - - - - - - -

IE 0

EL 66% 16% 18% 5% 14% 36% 17% 28% 800

ES 62% 16% 23% 4% 9% 38% 18% 31% 1.385

FR 71% 15% 15% 6% 20% 37% 16% 21% 3.022

HR 60% 20% 19% 6% 17% 34% 22% 22% 327

IT 69% 14% 17% 4% 13% 34% 18% 31% 3.064

CY 67% 14% 19% 2% 43% 29% 7% 19% 42

LV - - - - - - - - -

LT - - - - - - - - -

LU 74% 13% 13% 5% 10% 38% 23% 23% 39

HU 56% 19% 25% 3% 9% 38% 26% 24% 561

MT - - - - - - - - -

NL 82% 8% 10% 5% 17% 23% 17% 39% 398

AT 72% 9% 18% 6% 13% 32% 18% 32% 424

PL 47% 21% 32% 5% 17% 36% 24% 18% 2.887

PT 61% 16% 23% 3% 10% 33% 22% 31% 575

RO 39% 22% 39% 6% 12% 38% 22% 23% 1.837

SI 73% 13% 14% 5% 18% 33% 20% 24% 109

SK 46% 20% 35% 6% 18% 39% 21% 16% 357

FI 72% 16% 13% 7% 14% 30% 20% 28% 250

SE 68% 17% 15% 4% 15% 30% 21% 30% 227

UK 61% 16% 23% 5% 20% 36% 15% 24% 1.668

EU 61,4% 15,9% 22,7% 4,9% 15,2% 35% 19,1% 25,8% 20.721

CH 63% 10% 28% 5% 11% 22% 23% 39% 246 Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015

The following maps 1 and 2 show the percentage of motorway fatalities by road user type and age group across EU.

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Map 1: Distribution of fatalities on motorways by country and road user type, 2013 or latest available year

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Map 2: Distribution of fatalities on motorways by country and age group, 2013 or latest available year

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On motorways, the proportion of drivers’ fatalities is highest for the 50-64 age group, whereas

on the remaining road network it is highest for the 25-49 age

group.

Figure 6 shows the distribution of fatalities on motorways by age and road user type in the EU in 2013. Only a low percentage of fatalities were pedestrians (9% - 13%, depending on age group). The proportion of driver fatalities on motorways is highest for the 50-64 age group (68%), followed by the 25-49 age group (64%).

Figure 6: Distribution of fatalities on motorways by age group and road user type, EU, 2013 or latest available year

Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015

Figure 7 shows the distribution for non-motorway roads that corresponds to the motorway distribution of Figure 6. On these roads, the proportion of drivers’ fatalities is highest in the 25 – 49 age group (72%). Young citizens (up to 18 years old) were mostly killed as passengers on non-motorway roads (42%). Figure 7 also shows that on non-motorway roads, 27% of child fatalities and 41% of elderly fatalities (more than 64 years old) were pedestrians.

Figure 7: Distribution of fatalities on non-motorway road network by age group and road user type, EU, 2013 or latest available year

Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015

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46% of the fatalities on

motorways in the EU countries occurred in accidents in the

daylight or twilight.

Lighting Conditions Figure 8 shows that, in 2013, more than 46% of the fatalities on motorways in the EU countries occurred in accidents during daylight or twilight. The respective percentage for the remaining road network in the EU appears to be only slightly higher (54%), as also indicated in Figure 8. Note that the high percentage of fatalities for which the lighting condition is “not defined” means that the actual percentages are rather higher.

Figure 8: Distribution of fatalities on motorways and non-motorway road network by lighting conditions, EU, 2013 or latest available year

Motorway network Non-motorway network

Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015 Furthermore, 33% of the fatalities on motorways occurred in darkness, whereas on non-motorway network, the respective percentage is lower, almost 30%. The percentage of “not defined” fatalities by lighting conditions is lower on non-motorway network (16,4%) than on motorways (20,7%).

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In the EU there is only a slight

difference between the percentage of fatalities on

motorways per fatalities on the remaining road network on different days of the week.

Day of the week Table 10 shows that in the EU countries in 2013, there is only a slight difference between the percentage of fatalities on motorways per fatalities on the remaining road network on different days of the week.

Table 10: Percentage of fatalities on motorways per fatalities on non-motorway road network by country and day of the week, 2013 or latest available year

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

BE 15% 26% 16% 10% 16% 12% 14%

BG 4% 4% 1% 6% 2% 7% 4%

CZ 7% 2% 4% 1% 4% 4% 6%

DK 14% 8% 25% 4% 0% 0% 0%

DE 24% 21% 18% 23% 18% 22% 21%

EE - - - - - - -

IE - - - - - - -

EL 17% 5% 14% 12% 5% 11% 7%

ES 21% 22% 18% 21% 22% 23% 22%

FR 10% 8% 6% 5% 8% 10% 8%

HR 10% 11% 3% 13% 17% 17% 15%

IT 11% 8% 10% 8% 11% 7% 16%

CY 0% 20% 0% 0% 0% 17% 0%

LV - - - - - - -

LT - - - - - - -

LU 18% 20% 0% 0% 0% 33% 0%

HU 6% 1% 4% 6% 6% 6% 8%

MT - - - - - - -

NL 27% 5% 14% 12% 20% 14% 16%

AT 11% 3% 5% 13% 3% 12% 4%

PL 1% 1% 2% 3% 1% 1% 1%

PT 6% 11% 7% 10% 3% 11% 4%

RO 3% 0% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1%

SI 11% 7% 8% 20% 11% 18% 29%

SK 4% 8% 0% 0% 8% 3% 4%

FI 0% 3% 6% 0% 6% 2% 5%

SE 12% 27% 6% 5% 3% 19% 5%

UK 9% 6% 6% 6% 6% 3% 7%

EU 10% 8% 8% 8% 8% 9% 9%

CH 0% 6% 3% 11% 7% 20% 19% Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015

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In the EU, the peak period for

fatalities on motorways is July/August (24%).

Seasonality Table 11 shows that in the EU countries, the peak period for fatalities on motorways is July/August (24%). However, the peak periods differ among countries.

Table 11: Total number and distribution of fatalities on motorways by country and month, 2013 or latest available year

Jan/Feb Mar/Apr May/Jun Jul/Aug Sep/Oct Nov/Dec Total

BE 14% 23% 11% 22% 14% 16% 94

BG 8% 19% 17% 39% 3% 14% 36

CZ 8% 32% 4% 28% 16% 12% 25

DK 0% 8% 8% 25% 25% 33% 12

DE 11% 14% 21% 22% 16% 15% 428

EE - - - - - - -

IE 0% 40% 40% 0% 0% 20% 5

EL 15% 10% 8% 39% 13% 15% 79

ES 15% 12% 12% 23% 20% 19% 294

FR 13% 11% 17% 24% 24% 12% 238

HR 5% 5% 15% 20% 29% 27% 41

IT 11% 15% 16% 27% 17% 14% 321

CY 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% 0% 2

LV - - - - - - -

LT - - - - - - -

LU 0% 17% 0% 50% 17% 17% 6

HU 7% 17% 7% 40% 20% 10% 30

MT -

NL 10% 15% 17% 20% 19% 19% 59

AT 6% 13% 29% 19% 16% 16% 31

PL 10% 18% 15% 25% 20% 13% 40

PT 7% 18% 11% 18% 20% 25% 44

RO 17% 8% 17% 38% 8% 13% 24

SI 0% 13% 25% 13% 31% 19% 16

SK 14% 14% 14% 29% 7% 21% 14

FI 0% 13% 25% 13% 13% 38% 8

SE 19% 5% 29% 24% 10% 14% 21

UK 12% 22% 17% 17% 20% 14% 102

EU 12% 15% 16% 24% 18% 16% 1.970

CH 4% 39% 17% 17% 9% 13% 23 Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015

Table 12 shows that in 2013 the highest percentage of fatalities on motorways per fatalities on non-motorways, in EU, was almost 12% and was recorded in July, whereas the lowest respective percentage (7,5%) was recorded in October. It should be noted that the unknown road network fatalities are not included in the described results.

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The highest percentage of

fatalities on motorways per fatalities on non-motorways in the EU countries, in 2013,

was 12% (July).

Table 12: Percentage of fatalities on motorways per fatalities on non-motorway road network by country and month, 2013 or latest available year

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

BE 20% 9% 16% 19% 13% 10% 20% 23% 11% 11% 14% 13%

BG 7% 0% 2% 9% 1% 8% 11% 4% 1% 0% 3% 5%

CZ 5% 0% 7% 12% 2% 0% 6% 4% 5% 2% 2% 4%

DK 0% 0% 0% 9% 7% 0% 8% 6% 0% 18% 0% 25%

DE 15% 27% 22% 22% 19% 34% 20% 22% 16% 19% 18% 21%

EE - - - - - - - - - - - -

IE - - - - - - - - - - - -

EL 15% 6% 8% 6% 8% 3% 10% 24% 8% 5% 3% 19%

ES 20% 19% 20% 13% 11% 21% 22% 30% 27% 18% 21% 28%

FR 8% 6% 6% 7% 10% 7% 8% 10% 11% 9% 7% 4%

HR 5% 8% 4% 6% 3% 17% 8% 15% 18% 13% 33% 19%

IT 7% 10% 14% 9% 10% 8% 24% 7% 13% 7% 9% 8%

CY 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

LV - - - - - - - - - - - -

LT - - - - - - - - - - - -

LU 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 60% 0% 50% 0% 20% 0%

HU 6% 0% 10% 5% 4% 0% 6% 14% 9% 2% 4% 2%

MT - - - - - - - - - - - -

NL 25% 9% 10% 22% 12% 14% 24% 10% 9% 16% 24% 11%

AT 7% 0% 4% 10% 18% 8% 9% 2% 7% 6% 13% 6%

PL 2% 1% 2% 2% 1% 2% 2% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1%

PT 5% 0% 7% 19% 7% 4% 4% 9% 0% 16% 15% 9%

RO 1% 3% 0% 1% 1% 2% 4% 1% 0% 0% 1% 1%

SI 0% 0% 22% 0% 33% 8% 25% 0% 45% 0% 0% 27%

SK 3% 4% 11% 0% 0% 8% 11% 0% 0% 2% 2% 9%

FI 0% 0% 6% 0% 8% 0% 0% 5% 0% 8% 10% 0%

SE 21% 7% 0% 8% 4% 23% 18% 0% 13% 0% 0% 17%

UK 2% 10% 7% 11% 8% 3% 5% 6% 5% 8% 5% 4%

EU 8,0% 8,0% 9,5% 9,2% 7,9% 9,0% 11,8% 9,6% 8,9% 7,5% 7,7% 8,3%

CH 6% 0% 45% 27% 0% 14% 4% 12% 4% 6% 4% 11% Source: CARE database, data available in May 2015

Although for 2013 the EU average monthly percentage was between 7,5% and 11,8%, there were considerably higher percentages in some countries in some months. A very high percentage of motorway fatalities occurred in Slovenia in September (45%).

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Notes

1. Country abbreviations

Belgium BE Italy IT Romania RO

Bulgaria BG Cyprus CY Slovenia SI

Czech Republic CZ Latvia LV Slovakia SK

Denmark DK Lithuania LT Finland FI

Germany DE Luxembourg LU Sweden SE

Estonia EE Hungary HU United Kingdom UK

Ireland IE Malta MT

Greece EL Netherlands NL Iceland IS

Spain ES Austria AT Liechtenstein LI

France FR Poland PL Norway NO

Croatia HR Portugal PT Switzerland CH

2. Sources: CARE (Community database on road accidents) The full glossary of definitions of variables used in this Report is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/pdf/statistics/cadas_glossary.pdf 3. Data available in May 2015. 4. Data refer to 2013 and when not available the latest available data are used (2009 data for BG and EE, 2010 data for MT and SK, and 2012 data for IE). Totals and related average percentages for EU also include latest available data. 5. Data for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta not included in the totals. 6. Data for 2013 for Italy have been modified after the publication of the 2015 edition of Traffic Safety Basic Facts. 7. This 2015 edition of Traffic Safety Basic Facts updates the previous versions produced within the EU co-funded research projects SafetyNet and DaCoTA. 8. Disclaimer This report has been produced by the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), the Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV) and the European Union Road Federation (ERF) under a contract with the European Commission. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the matter presented in this report is relevant, accurate and up-to-date, the Partners cannot accept any liability for any error or omission, or reliance on part or all of the content in another context. Any information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the Commission. The Commission does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this study. Neither the Commission nor any person acting on the Commission’s behalf may be held responsible for the use that may be made of the information contained therein. 9. Please refer to this Report as follows: European Commission, Traffic Safety Basic Facts on Motorways, European Commission, Directorate General for Transport, June 2015.

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