Road death
The term traffic death summarizes deaths in connection with the transport system . A road traffic death is often understood to mean an accidental death in road traffic , since internationally more than 90% of the accidental deaths occur in road traffic - in affluent industrialized countries usually in private traffic . 50 to 60% of the traffic fatalities are not car occupants (driver and front passenger), but drivers of motorcycles , mopeds , bicycles or pedestrians .
The number of road deaths is recorded in many countries in the form of accident statistics and can be used in standardized form (based on the number of inhabitants or the number of registered vehicles) as an indicator of the quality of the traffic routes and the driving behavior of drivers. The national counting methods differ from one another. In Europe, the 30-day time limit is currently used. That means: only a person who dies within 30 days of the consequences of a traffic accident is considered a traffic death.
These statistics do not take into account deaths from traffic-related air pollution , which in some countries causes more road deaths than road accidents. For Germany it is estimated that around 11,000 people die prematurely every year as a result of air pollution caused by road traffic . This number is around 3.5 times higher than the number of fatalities from accidents.
Road traffic
history
Even before the introduction of the car, there were many road deaths from carriages and carts . Probably the first person to be killed in motorized traffic was Bridget Driscoll , who was struck by an internal combustion engine while crossing a street in London on August 17, 1896 and died a few minutes later of the inflicted head injury. Henry Bliss , who was hit by an electric car in New York on September 13, 1899 and died of the injuries the following day, is considered to be the first motorized traffic accident in America .
In view of the rapidly increasing number of victims of motorized traffic, a massive campaign by the automobile lobby in the USA ensured that the road previously shared by all road users was reserved for automobiles and pedestrians and cyclists were pushed to the side.
Dimensions
The sum of the national surveys alone results in around 600,000 deaths worldwide each year, i.e. around 1,600 deaths on average every day. The actual numbers are much higher, however, as in some countries (especially Africa) for example no relevant statistics are kept. According to surveys and estimates by the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), around one million (World Bank) to 1.2 million (WHO) people die as a result of road accidents (as of 2003). The number of road deaths is thus far higher than the number of victims of war , genocide or terrorism . The number of injuries is estimated at around 40 million annually.
In the EU , the number of people killed or injured in traffic is falling steadily. In the period from 2006 to 2015, the number of people killed fell from 43,718 to 26,132 and that of injured people from 1.34 million to 1.08 million. In other industrial nations, too, the number of victims has fallen sharply since around 1970.
Germany
In 1929 there were already 5,867 road deaths in Germany. The number of road fatalities in Germany has steadily decreased in the last few decades; this decrease is particularly noteworthy against the background of continuously increasing motor vehicle stocks:
Road deaths in Germany have fallen from over 100 / 100,000 cars / year by 1970 to less than 10 / 100,000 cars / year since 1995. In Europe, traffic accidents are far behind legal drugs or suicide as the cause of death . Even the suicide on the roads is a cause of a traffic accident.
|
| year | Total road deaths |
In% compared to the previous year |
including car occupants |
motorized vehicle fleet |
Deaths per 100,000 vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 442 | k. A. | k. A. | 70.006 | 631.4 |
| 1938 | 7,354 | k. A. | k. A. | 3.2 million | 229.8 |
| 1950 | 7,408 | k. A. | k. A. | 2.4 million | 308.7 |
| 1953 | 12,631 | k. A. | k. A. | 4.8 million | 263.1 |
| 1960 | 16,477 | + 4.2% | k. A. | 11.6 million | 142.0 |
| 1970 | 21,332 | + 15.3% | k. A. | 20.8 million | 102.6 |
| 1980 | 15,050 (15,719) | −1.4% | 6,915 | 33.8 million | 44.5 |
| 1981 | 13,635 (14,525) | -9.4% | 6.210 | 34.5 million | 39.5 |
| 1982 | 13,450 (14,083) | -1.4% | 5,990 | 35.1 million | 38.3 |
| 1983 | 13,553 (14,204) | + 0.8% | 6,487 | 35.8 million | 37.9 |
| 1984 | 12,041 (12,750) | -11.2% | 5,612 | 36.6 million | 32.9 |
| 1985 | 10,070 (10,778) | -16.4% | 4,582 | 37.4 million | 26.9 |
| 1986 | 10,620 (11,365) | +5.5% | 5,049 | 38.5 million | 27.6 |
| 1987 | 9,498 (10,172) | -10.6% | 4,655 | 39.5 million | 24.0 |
| 1988 | 9,862 (10,771) | + 3.8% | 4,964 | 40.6 million | 24.3 |
| 1989 | 9,779 (10,497) | -0.8% | 4,956 | 41.7 million | 23.5 |
| 1990 | 11,046 (11,526) | + 13.0% | 6,256 | 43.6 million | 25.3 |
| 1991 | 11,300 (11,726) | + 2.3% | 6,801 | 38.2 million | 29.6 |
| 1992 | 10,631 (11,062) | −5.9% | 6,431 | 44.1 million | 24.1 |
| 1993 | 9,949 (10,298) | -6.4% | 6.128 | 47.2 million | 21.1 |
| 1994 | 9,814 (10,072) | -1.4% | 5,966 | 48.2 million | 20.4 |
| 1995 | 9,454 (9,574) | -3.7% | 5,929 | 49.2 million | 19.2 |
| 1996 | 8,758 (8,944) | -7.4% | 5,622 | 50.1 million | 17.5 |
| 1997 | 8,549 (8,739) | -2.4% | 5,249 | 50.7 million | 16.9 |
| 1998 | 7,792 (7,803) | -8.9% | 4,741 | 51.2 million | 15.2 |
| 1999 | 7,772 (7,866) | −0.3% | 4,640 | 52.4 million | 14.8 |
| 2000 | 7,503 (7,588) | −3.5% | 4,396 | 53.1 million | 14.1 |
| 2001 | 6,977 (7,012) | −7.0% | 4.023 | 54.1 million | 12.9 |
| 2002 | 6,842 (6,917) | −1.9% | 4,005 | 55.0 million | 12.4 |
| 2003 | 6,613 (6,684) | -3.3% | 3,774 | 55.2 million | 12.0 |
| 2004 | 5,842 (5,972) | -11.7% | 3,238 | 55.7 million | 10.5 |
| 2005 | 5,361 (5,458) | −8.2% | 2,833 | 56.3 million | 9.5 |
| 2006 | 5,091 (5,174) | −5.0% | 2,683 | 56.7 million | 9.0 |
| 2007 | 4,949 (5,011) | −2.8% | 2,625 | 57.4 million | 8.6 |
| 2008 | 4,477 (4,663) | −9.5% | 2,368 | 51.3 million | 8.7 |
| 2009 | 4,152 (4,330) | −7.3% | 2.110 | 51.8 million | 8.0 |
| 2010 | 3,648 (3,812) | −12.1% | 1,840 | 52.3 million | 7.0 |
| 2011 | 4,009 (4,199) | + 9.9% | 1,986 | 52.9 million | 7.6 |
| 2012 | 3,600 (3,827) | −10.2% | 1,791 | 53.8 million | 6.7 |
| 2013 | 3,339 (3,614) | −7.3% | 1,588 | 54.5 million | 6.1 |
| 2014 | 3,377 | +1.1% | 1,575 | 55.0 million | 6.1 |
| 2015 | 3,459 | + 2.4% | 1,620 | 53.7 million | 6.4 |
| 2016 | 3.214 | −7.1% | 1,531 | 54.6 million | 5.7 |
| 2017 | 3,180 | −1.1% | 1,434 | 55.6 million | 5.5 |
| 2018 | 3,265 | + 2.7% | 1,424 | 56.5 million | ... |
| 2019 | 3,046 | −6.7% | 1,364 | 57.3 million | ... |
Numbers up to 1938 Reich territory; 1950 to 1990 FRG and GDR (including Saarland and Berlin).
Source: Federal Statistical Office www.destatis.de
- ↑ Source of the information in brackets: gbe-bund.de → Health situation → Mortality → Mortality and causes of death → Tables → Deaths from accidents according to external causes and accident categories (from 1998). Structural characteristics: years, region, age, gender, nationality, ICD-10 (VY), accident category road death.
- ↑ a b From 2008 figures for vehicles participating in road traffic without vehicles that are temporarily out of service. Source: [1] (PDF) destatis.de
- ↑ based on vehicles participating in traffic, if separate figures are available
- ↑ 7.1% fewer road fatalities in 2016. Federal Statistical Office, February 24, 2017, accessed on March 27, 2017 .
- ↑ a b The figures are not yet available
In 2011, 820 road deaths in Germany were due to tree accidents. Tree accidents were still the single most common cause of fatal road accidents at 17% in 2017. In some federal states the percentage was significantly higher (Lower Saxony about 25%, Brandenburg 35% and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 40%). Since the introduction of the “tree accident statistics” in 1995 up to and including 2017, 28,029 people had lost their lives in tree accidents.
According to a survey by the Federal Ministry of Transport, an average of 113 people are affected by road deaths, including 11 family members, 4 close friends, 56 friends and acquaintances and 42 emergency services.
Austria
In Austria , the 30-day period (see introduction) from 1961 (start of statistical recording) to 1965 and since 1992 has been used. The 3-day period recommended by the UN was used in between. When comparing figures from these different time periods, it should be noted that around 88% of road fatalities die within the first three days of the day of the accident.
Despite the slight increase in the number of accidents, the number of people killed in Austria has been falling since 1999:
| year | Traffic fatalities | Change to the previous year |
including car occupants |
Vehicle inventory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,640 | k. A. | k. A. | 1.311.109 |
| 1965 | 1,829 | k. A. | k. A. | 1,809,766 |
| 1970 | 2,507 | k. A. | k. A. | 2,201,021 |
| 1975 | 2,467 | k. A. | k. A. | 2,767,463 |
| 1980 | 1,951 | k. A. | k. A. | 3,384,492 |
| 1985 | 1,524 | k. A. | k. A. | 3,801,531 |
| 1990 | 1,558 | k. A. | k. A. | 4,239,784 |
| 1995 | 1,210 | k. A. | k. A. | 4,914,538 |
| 1998 | 963 | k. A. | k. A. | 5,309,220 |
| 1999 | 1,079 | + 12.0% | k. A. | 5,470,948 |
| 2000 | 976 | −9.6% | k. A. | 5,571,444 |
| 2001 | 958 | −1.8% | k. A. | 5,684,244 |
| 2002 | 956 | −0.2% | k. A. | 5,419,073 |
| 2003 | 931 | −2.6% | k. A. | 5,505,927 |
| 2004 | 878 | −5.7% | k. A. | 5,575,677 |
| 2005 | 768 | −12.5% | k. A. | 5,646,882 |
| 2006 | 730 | −5.0% | k. A. | 5,722,624 |
| 2007 | 691 | −5.3% | k. A. | 5,796,973 |
| 2008 | 679 | −1.7% | 367 | 5,873,281 |
| 2009 | 633 | −6.8% | 328 | 5,981,075 |
| 2010 | 552 | −12.8% | 292 | 6,091,881 |
| 2011 | 523 | −5.2% | 290 | 6,195,207 |
| 2012 | 531 | +1.5% | 279 | 6,299,756 |
| 2013 | 455 | −14.7% | 189 | 6,384,791 |
| 2014 | 430 | −5.5% | 191 | 6,466,166 |
| 2015 | 479 | 11.3% | 239 | 6,545,818 |
| 2016 | 432 | −9.8% | 189 | 6,049,416 |
| 2017 | 414 | −4.2% | 182 | 6,771,395 |
| 2018 | 409 | −1.2% | 181 | 6,895,596 |
| 2019 | 416 | +1.7% | 200 | 6,996,222 |
Switzerland
In Switzerland , too , the number of accident fatalities is falling from year to year. Seat belt compulsory, speed limits, improvements in vehicle technology and rescue services, as well as traffic engineering and traffic education measures have all contributed to this reduction. With the introduction of the 0.5 alcohol limit on January 1, 2005 (previously 0.8 alcohol), the number of fatalities in road traffic fell by 20% within a year. In terms of the total distances covered, motorcyclists are the most vulnerable road users. The risk of a fatal accident on a motorcycle is 18 times greater than in a car. For cyclists it is seven times larger and for pedestrians six times. The median age at death of a traffic accident victim is 46 years.
| year | Traffic fatalities | Motor vehicle component (rounded values) |
Comments / legal innovations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 370 | 0.100 million | |
| 1965 | 1,304 | k. A. | |
| 1970 | 1,694 | k. A. | |
| 1971 | 1,773 | k. A. | previous highest number of accidental deaths |
| 1975 | 1,243 | k. A. | |
| 1980 | 1,246 | k. A. | definitive introduction of the 0.8 alcohol limit |
| 1981 | k. A. | k. A. | Introduction of mandatory seat belt wear and compulsory helmet wear for motorcyclists |
| 1984 | k. A. | k. A. | Introduction of a speed of 50 km / h in urban areas (previously 60 km / h) |
| 1985 | 908 | k. A. | Introduction of a speed of 120 km / h on motorways and 80 km / h outside urban areas (previously 130 km / h / 100 km / h) |
| 1990 | 954 | 3.777 million | Introduction of mandatory helmet wear for motorcyclists |
| 1991 | 860 | 3.881 million | |
| 1992 | 834 | 3.936 million | |
| 1993 | 723 | 3.965 million | |
| 1994 | 679 | 4.034 million | Introduction of mandatory seat belts for rear seat passengers |
| 1995 | 692 | 4.121 million | |
| 1996 | 616 | 4.173 million | |
| 1997 | 587 | 4.260 million | |
| 1998 | 597 | 4,349 million | |
| 1999 | 583 | 4.471 million | |
| 2000 | 592 | 4.585 million | |
| 2001 | 544 | 4.707 million | |
| 2002 | 513 | 4.809 million | |
| 2003 | 546 | 4.888 million | |
| 2004 | 510 | 4.969 million | Seat belt wearing rate under handlebars 81% 1 |
| 2005 | 409 | 5.043 million | Introduction of the 0.5 alcohol limit and unauthorized checks |
| 2006 | 370 | 5.108 million | Seat belt wearing rate under handlebars 86% 1 |
| 2007 | 384 | 5.258 million | Increase especially in Ticino and western Switzerland (+ 18%) |
| 2008 | 357 | 5.310 million | |
| 2009 | 349 | 5.339 million | |
| 2010 | 328 | 5.427 million | |
| 2011 | 312 | 5.551 million | |
| 2012 | 339 | 5.675 million | Trend interruption due to a serious bus accident in Sierre (VS) with 28 deaths |
| 2013 | 257 | 5.765 million | Drastic increase in penalties for traffic offenses as part of "Via sicura" |
| 2014 | 243 | 5.855 million | Introduction of compulsory driving with lights on during the day |
| 2015 | 253 | 5.955 million | |
| 2016 | 216 | 5.980 million | |
| 2017 | 230 | 6.053 million |
1 Mixed values (urban / extra-urban / motorway). The seat belt rate is lowest in urban areas and highest on the motorway.
| year | Traffic fatalities | Passenger cars | truck | bus | motorcycle | Motorbike | bicycle | Pedestrian | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 834 | 430 | 22nd | 8th | 124 | 36 | 55 | 148 | 11 |
| 1993 | 723 | 356 | 14th | 1 | 120 | 48 | 43 | 124 | 17th |
| 1994 | 679 | 306 | 7th | 3 | 113 | 39 | 75 | 126 | 10 |
| 1995 | 692 | 335 | 21st | 2 | 106 | 29 | 53 | 126 | 20th |
| 1996 | 616 | 314 | 13 | 0 | 93 | 27 | 47 | 108 | 14th |
| 1997 | 587 | 275 | 16 | 3 | 83 | 27 | 53 | 116 | 14th |
| 1998 | 597 | 305 | 13 | 3 | 72 | 20th | 47 | 122 | 15th |
| 1999 | 583 | 299 | 13 | 4th | 79 | 20th | 41 | 115 | 12 |
| 2000 | 592 | 273 | 15th | 2 | 92 | 19th | 48 | 130 | 13 |
| 2001 | 544 | 245 | 19th | 6th | 94 | 22nd | 38 | 104 | 16 |
| 2002 | 513 | 274 | 8th | 1 | 88 | 8th | 26th | 96 | 12 |
| 2003 | 546 | 260 | 13 | 4th | 100 | 17th | 48 | 91 | 13 |
| 2004 | 510 | 232 | 9 | 0 | 114 | 9 | 42 | 95 | 9 |
| 2005 | 409 | 178 | 10 | 13 | 86 | 6th | 37 | 69 | 10 |
| 2006 | 370 | 156 | 9 | 2 | 69 | 11 | 35 | 76 | 12 |
| 2007 | 384 | 162 | 8th | 0 | 82 | 7th | 30th | 79 | 16 |
| 2008 | 357 | 156 | 9 | 4th | 83 | 9 | 27 | 59 | 10 |
| 2009 | 349 | 136 | 5 | 0 | 78 | 8th | 54 | 60 | 8th |
| 2010 | 327 | 129 | 8th | 4th | 68 | 4th | 34 | 75 | 5 |
| 2011 | 320 | 119 | 9 | 3 | 68 | 4th | 39 | 69 | 9 |
| 2012 | 339 | 104 | 7th | 37 | 74 | 3 | 36 | 75 | 8th |
| 2013 | 269 | 103 | 6th | 0 | 55 | 8th | 21st | 69 | 7th |
| 2014 | 243 | 97 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 34 | 43 | 8th |
| 2015 | 253 | 75 | 4th | 1 | 66 | 3 | 39 | 58 | 7th |
| 2016 | 216 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 6th | 33 | 50 | 6th |
| 2017 | 230 | 78 | 4th | 1 | 51 | 2 | 37 | 47 | 10 |
International comparison of fatalities
| country | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 193 | 140 | 91 | 71 | 62 | 55 | 45 | 39 |
| Netherlands | 142 | 92 | 68 | 50 | 45 | 43 | 32 | 31 |
| Austria | 265 | 203 | 120 | 107 | 88 | 81 | 65 | 50 |
| Switzerland | 192 | 139 | 83 | 69 | 49 | 46 | 42 | 26th |
| United States | 225 | 179 | 152 | 145 | 142 | 123 | 105 | 117 |
Sources: bfu, BFS, FARS
| country | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | annual change 1970–2005 |
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | annual change 2005–2015 |
per million inhabitants (2015) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 3,070 | 2,346 | 2,396 | 1,801 | 1,976 | 1,449 | 1,470 | 1,486 | 1,315 | 1,353 | ND | 1,089 | −2.9% | 1,069 | 1,071 | 944 | 944 | 840 | 862 | 770 | 723 | 727 | 732 | −3.9% | 65 |
| Bulgaria | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 1,264 | 1.012 | 1.011 | 959 | 960 | 943 | 957 | 1,043 | 1.006 | 1,061 | 901 | 802 | 772 | 742 | 655 | 688 | 734 | |||
| Germany | 19.193 | 17,332 | 15.207 | 10,070 | 11,428 | 9,454 | 7,503 | 6,977 | 6,842 | 6,613 | 5,842 | 5,361 | −3.9% | 5,091 | 4,949 | 4,477 | 4.152 | 3,648 | 4,009 | 3,600 | 3,339 | 3,377 | 3,459 | −4.3% | 42 |
| Denmark | 1,208 | 827 | 690 | 772 | 634 | 582 | 498 | 431 | 463 | 432 | 369 | 331 | −3.6% | 306 | 406 | 406 | 303 | 255 | 220 | 167 | 191 | 182 | 178 | −6.0% | 31 |
| Estonia | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 332 | 204 | 199 | 223 | 164 | 170 | 170 | 204 | 196 | 132 | 98 | 79 | 101 | 87 | 81 | 78 | 67 | |||
| Finland | 1,055 | 910 | 551 | 541 | 649 | 441 | 396 | 433 | 415 | 379 | 375 | 379 | −2.9% | 336 | 380 | 344 | 279 | 272 | 292 | 255 | 258 | 229 | 266 | −3.5% | 48 |
| France | 16,445 | 14,355 | 13,672 | 11,387 | 11,215 | 8,891 | 8,079 | 8,160 | 7,655 | 6,058 | 5,530 | 5,318 | −3.2% | 4,709 | 4,620 | 4,275 | 4,273 | 3,992 | 3,963 | 3,653 | 3,268 | 3,384 | 3,461 | −4.2% | 52 |
| Greece | 1,099 | 1,251 | 1,446 | 2.011 | 2,050 | 2.411 | 2,037 | 1,895 | 1,654 | 1,615 | 1,619 | 1,658 | + 1.2% | 1,657 | 1,612 | 1,555 | 1,456 | 1,258 | 1,141 | 988 | 879 | 795 | 805 | −7.0% | 73 |
| Ireland | 540 | 586 | 564 | 410 | 478 | 437 | 415 | 411 | 376 | 335 | 379 | 399 | −1% | 365 | 338 | 280 | 238 | 212 | 186 | 162 | 188 | 193 | 166 | −8.4% | 35 |
| Iceland | 20th | 33 | 25th | 24 | 24 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 29 | 23 | ND | 19th | −0.1% | 31 | 15th | 12 | 17th | 8th | 12 | 9 | 15th | 4th | 16 | 29 (2011-2014) | |
| Italy | 11,025 | 10,272 | 9,220 | 7,700 | 7.151 | 7,033 | 6,649 | 6,682 | 6,736 | 6.015 | 5,625 | 5,462 | −1.9% | 5,669 | 5.131 | 4,731 | 4,237 | 4.114 | 3,860 | 3,753 | 3,401 | 3,381 | 3,428 | −4.6% | 57 |
| Croatia | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 800 | 655 | 647 | 627 | 701 | 608 | 597 | 614 | 619 | 664 | 548 | 426 | 418 | 390 | 368 | 308 | 348 | |||
| Latvia | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 660 | 635 | 558 | 559 | 532 | 516 | 442 | 407 | 419 | 316 | 254 | 218 | 179 | 177 | 179 | 212 | 188 | |||
| Lithuania | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 672 | 641 | 706 | 697 | 709 | 752 | 773 | 760 | 740 | 499 | 370 | 299 | 296 | 302 | 256 | 267 | 242 | |||
| Luxembourg | 132 | 124 | 98 | 79 | 70 | 70 | 76 | 70 | 62 | 53 | 50 | 47 | −2.8% | 43 | 46 | 35 | 48 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 45 | 35 | 36 | −2.6% | 61 |
| Malta | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 14th | 15th | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 17th | 11 | 12 | 9 | 15th | 13 | 16 | 19th | 17th | 10 | 11 | |||
| Netherlands | 3,181 | 2,321 | 1.996 | 1,438 | 1,376 | 1,334 | 1,082 | 993 | 987 | 1,028 | 804 | 750 | −4% | 730 | 709 | 677 | 644 | 537 | 546 | 562 | 476 | 477 | 531 | −3.4% | 31 |
| Norway | 560 | 539 | 362 | 402 | 332 | 305 | 341 | 275 | 312 | 280 | 259 | 224 | −2.6% | 242 | 233 | 255 | 212 | 208 | 168 | 145 | 187 | 147 | 117 | −4.6% (until 2014) | 28 (2014) |
| Austria | 2,574 | 2,533 | 2.003 | 1,524 | 1,558 | 1,210 | 976 | 958 | 956 | 931 | 878 | 768 | −3.4% | 730 | 691 | 679 | 633 | 552 | 523 | 531 | 455 | 430 | 479 | −4.6% | 55 |
| Poland | 3,446 | 5,633 | 6.002 | 4,688 | 7,333 | 6,900 | 6,294 | 5,534 | 5,827 | 5,640 | 5,712 | 5,444 | + 1.3% | 5,243 | 5,583 | 5,437 | 4,572 | 3,908 | 4.189 | 3,571 | 3,357 | 3,202 | 2,938 | −6.0% | 76 |
| Portugal | 1,615 | 3,051 | 2,579 | 2.138 | 2,646 | 2,377 | 1,860 | 1,671 | 1,675 | 1,546 | 1,294 | 1,247 | −0.7% | 969 | 974 | 885 | 840 | 937 | 891 | 718 | 637 | 638 | 593 | −7.2% | 57 |
| Romania | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 2,450 | 2.411 | 2,229 | 2,442 | 2,629 | 2,587 | 2,800 | 3,061 | 2,796 | 2,377 | 2,018 | 2,042 | 1,861 | 1,818 | 1,893 | |||
| Sweden | 1,307 | 1,172 | 848 | 808 | 772 | 572 | 591 | 554 | 532 | 529 | 480 | 440 | −3.1% | 445 | 471 | 397 | 358 | 266 | 319 | 285 | 260 | 270 | 259 | −5.2% | 26th |
| Switzerland | 1,643 | 1,206 | 1,209 | 881 | 925 | 692 | 592 | 544 | 513 | 546 | 510 | 409 | −3.9% | 370 | 384 | 357 | 349 | 327 | 320 | 339 | 269 | 243 | 253 | −4.7% | 30th |
| Slovakia | ND | ND | ND | ND | 662 | 660 | 628 | 614 | 610 | 645 | 603 | 560 | −0.3% | 614 | 667 | 622 | 384 | 371 | 328 | 352 | 251 | 291 | 310 | −6.9% | 50 |
| Slovenia | 620 | 596 | 558 | 464 | 517 | 415 | 313 | 278 | 269 | 242 | 274 | 258 | −2.5% | 262 | 293 | 214 | 171 | 138 | 141 | 130 | 125 | 108 | 120 | −7.4% | 58 |
| Spain | 5,456 | 5,833 | 6,522 | 6.374 | 9,032 | 5,751 | 5,776 | 5,517 | 5,347 | 5,399 | 4,741 | 4,442 | −0.6% | 4,104 | 3.823 | 3,100 | 2.714 | 2,479 | 2,060 | 1,903 | 1,680 | 1,688 | 1,689 | −9.2% | 36 |
| Czech Republic | 1,983 | 1,632 | 1,261 | 987 | 1,291 | 1,588 | 1,486 | 1334 | 1,431 | 1,447 | 1,382 | 1,286 | −1.2% | 1,063 | 1,221 | 1,076 | 901 | 802 | 772 | 742 | 655 | 688 | 734 | −5.5% | 69 |
| Hungary | 1,627 | 1,678 | 1,630 | 1,756 | 2,432 | 1,589 | 1,200 | 1,239 | 1,429 | 1,326 | 1,296 | 1,278 | −0.7% | 1,303 | 1,232 | 996 | 822 | 740 | 638 | 606 | 591 | 626 | 644 | −6.6% | 66 |
| United Kingdom | 7,499 | 6,366 | 6,010 | 5,165 | 5,217 | 3,621 | 3,409 | 3,450 | 3,431 | 3,508 | 3,368 | 3,336 | −2.3% | 3,298 | 3,059 | 2,645 | 2,337 | 1,905 | 1,960 | 1,802 | 1,770 | 1,854 | 1,806 | −6.0% | 28 |
| Cyprus | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 118 | 111 | 98 | 94 | 97 | 117 | 102 | 86 | 89 | 82 | 71 | 60 | 71 | 51 | 44 | 45 | 57 |
| country | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 637 | 615 | 604 |
| Bulgaria | 708 | 682 | 610 |
| Germany | 3,206 | 3,180 | 3,275 |
| Denmark | 211 | 175 | 171 |
| Estonia | 71 | 48 | 67 |
| Finland | 258 | 238 | 239 |
| France | 3,477 | 3,444 | 3,246 |
| Greece | 824 | 731 | 700 |
| Ireland | 186 | 157 | 142 |
| Iceland | 18th | 16 | 18th |
| Italy | 3,283 | 3,378 | 3,334 |
| Croatia | 307 | 331 | 317 |
| Latvia | 158 | 136 | 148 |
| Lithuania | 192 | 191 | 173 |
| Luxembourg | 32 | 25th | 36 |
| Malta | 23 | 19th | 18th |
| Netherlands | 533 | 535 | 598 |
| Norway | 135 | 106 | 108 |
| Austria | 432 | 414 | 409 |
| Poland | 3,026 | 2,831 | 2,862 |
| Portugal | 563 | 602 | 704 |
| Romania | 1.915 | 1,951 | 1,867 |
| Sweden | 270 | 253 | 324 |
| Switzerland | 216 | 230 | 233 |
| Slovakia | 275 | 276 | 260 |
| Slovenia | 130 | 104 | 91 |
| Spain | 1,810 | 1,830 | 1,806 |
| Czech Republic | 611 | 577 | 656 |
| Hungary | 607 | 625 | 633 |
| United Kingdom | 1,860 | 1,856 | 1,839 |
| Cyprus | 46 | 53 | 49 |
Swell:
- ↑ The population of Iceland is too small to derive meaningful values from the strongly fluctuating number of annual traffic deaths
<ref < Road fatalities by type of road (CARE data). eurosat, April 14, 2020, accessed May 25, 2020 .
aviation
The number of serious accidents in scheduled aviation is very low, but the chance of survival in the event of an accident is low. From 1959 to 2013 there were a total of 1,859 accidents involving jet aircraft in civil aviation (with the exception of aircraft produced in the CIS and USSR ). In 32.9% of the cases there were fatalities, a total of almost 30,566 victims. In the period from 2004 to 2013, the proportion of accidents with fatalities was 17.7%.
Due to the very precise processing of aircraft crashes and the resulting improvements, their number has also continued to decline over time, despite the massive increase in passenger numbers. The partial lists under the lists of aviation accidents can give an overview of the accidents , but without comparison to the absolute traffic figures.
In 2014, there were 970 fatalities worldwide in commercial aviation, compared to 251 in 2013. In 2018, 33 people were killed in traffic accidents in civil aviation in Switzerland.
Rail network
Train accidents (excluding rail suicides )
Switzerland
There are around 22 road deaths on the SBB rail network every year. However, the largest number of deaths is only partially within the SBB's sphere of influence. These are people who illegally cross the tracks, move too close to the platform edge or cross barriers when there is red light. But there are also train accidents with fatal consequences.
See also
Web links
- Official statistics for the EU 2010
- Official statistics for Austria
- Official statistics (PDF) Swiss Advice Center for Accident Prevention bfu
- US Fatality Analysis Reporting System Encyclopedia, FARS (English)
- Peter D. Norton: Jaywalking and the Invention of the Motor Age Street , in: Technology and Culture 48 (2): 331-359, April 2007 on Researchgate
Statistics for Germany
- Federal Statistical Office (Destatis): Vehicle inventory
- Federal Statistical Office (Destatis): Traffic accidents
- Federal health reporting
- Ecological sustainability potentials of means of transport and fuels, 2001 (PDF; 14 kB) German Aerospace Center
Statistics for Switzerland / international comparison
Swiss advice center for accident prevention bfu
- Statistics 2006 - Accidents in Switzerland (PDF; 1.1 MB) Swiss Advisory Center for Accident Prevention bfu
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Holger Holzer: Motor History: How the car became the boss on the road , Die Welt , June 14, 2013
- ^ Joseph Stromberg: The forgotten history of how automakers invented the crime of "jaywalking" , Vox , November 4, 2015
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- ↑ Main causes of accidents with personal injury by segment and accident consequences 2018 . destatis.de. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ↑ Claudia Ehrenstein: On the wrong track . In: Welt am Sonntag . No. 8 , February 23, 2014, p. 8 .
- ↑ Accident research of the insurers (GDV) "559 road deaths on trees in 2017" from October 7, 2018
- ↑ Karin Trucheit: Life after accidental death . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung . June 4, 2017, p. 7 .
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- ^ European Commission - Directorate general for energy and transport: road fatalities, number of people killed. European Commission, August 11, 2016, accessed January 29, 2018 .
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