Between 20, the number of road fatalities fell by 17%. Every death and serious injury on our roads is avoidable.” Contrasting picture across EU roadsĮU-wide, road deaths in 2021 rose by 5% on the previous year, although comparisons with 2020 are strongly influenced by the traffic level patterns in each country during the course of the pandemic. But this is a shared responsibility with Member States, the industry and road users. At the EU level we will endeavour through financing, legislation and outreach to help deliver the ‘safe system’ of safer infrastructure, safer vehicles, safer road use and better post-crash care. EU-wide, the last decade saw a fall of 36%.Ĭommissioner for Transport Adina Vălean said: “As traffic levels return to normality, we must ensure that we don’t return to pre-pandemic numbers of deaths on our roads. The overall target is to halve the number of deaths by 2030.
This was an increase of 1 000 deaths (+5%) on 2020, but still represents almost 3 000 (-13%) fewer fatalities compared to the pre-pandemic period in 2019. An estimated 19 800 people were killed in road crashes last year. Today the European Commission published preliminary figures on road fatalities for 2021.
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