In 2020, more than 500 people were reportedly killed on Greek roads, according to Eurostat, noting there were 54 fatalities per 1,000,000 inhabitants for both Greece and Cyprus respectively.
Compared with the population of each Member State, the lowest rates of road fatalities in 2020 were observed in Sweden (20 road traffic victims per million inhabitants), Malta (23), Denmark (27) and Spain (29), ahead of Ireland and the Netherlands (both 30).
In contrast, the highest rates were recorded in Romania (85 road traffic victims per million inhabitants), followed by Latvia (73), Bulgaria (67) and Poland (66).
According to the data, there has been a 17% decrease in road accident fatalities in the EU compared to 2019. Although this number decreased gradually over the last decade, the unprecedented drop in 2020 was largely due to the impact of COVID-19 restrictive measures on passenger transport.
The total number of people who died in road accidents in the EU was 18 786 in 2020, of which 44% were passenger car occupants, 19% pedestrians, 16% on motorcycles, 10% on bicycles and 11% in other categories (including light and heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches, mopeds and other vehicles).
In 2020, there were 42 road traffic victims per million inhabitants in the EU as a whole.
