A total of 20.380 people died in road accidents in 2023 in the EU, recording a decrease of 1,3% compared to 2022 (20.652 deaths), while in Cyprus, during the same period, a decrease of 8,1% was recorded (from 37 losses in 2022 to 34 in 2023), according to data released by Eurostat, the EU's statistical office.
At the same time, the number of road traffic victims per population in Cyprus (36 people per million inhabitants) was lower than the EU average (46 people per million inhabitants).
Eurostat notes that in 2020 the number of deaths in the EU had fallen sharply to 18.830 deaths, which the agency attributes to the restrictions imposed due to the pandemic. COVID-19Although deaths increased in 2021 and 2022, they did not return to pre-pandemic levels.
In Cyprus, the pandemic did not contribute to a sharp decrease in deaths (53 in 2017, 49 in 2018, 52 in 2019, 48 in 2020), however the trend in recent years has been downward (45 in 2021, 37 in 2022 and 34 in 2023).
The lowest rate of road traffic deaths per population was recorded in 2023 in Sweden (22 deaths per million inhabitants), Denmark (27) and Malta (30).
The highest rates were recorded in Bulgaria and Romania (both with 81 deaths per million inhabitants) and in Latvia (75).
Source: KYPE
