Europe’s most improved road safety

Luxembourg has cut its road-death rate the most in Europe: down 84.5% from 2000 to 2024, from 17.4 to 2.7 deaths per 100,000 people. Road deaths have fallen across almost all of Europe over this period.

Biggest improvement

Luxembourg

-84.5%

Countries ranked

Period

2000–2024

Largest fall in road deaths (top 15)

Reduction in road-death rate by country

Luxembourg84.5%

Slovenia79.7%

Norway78.9%

Latvia77.6%

Lithuania76.5%

Denmark74.2%

Spain73.9%

Cyprus73.8%

Belgium72.0%

Ireland70.9%

Iceland70.2%

Sweden70.1%

Czechia69.0%

Austria68.9%

Poland68.5%

Full ranking

Reduction in road-death rate by country
#	Country	Reduction	From	To
1	Luxembourg	-84.5%	17.4 (2000)	2.7 (2024)
2	Slovenia	-79.7%	15.8 (2000)	3.2 (2024)
3	Norway	-78.9%	7.6 (2000)	1.6 (2024)
4	Latvia	-77.6%	26.8 (2000)	6.0 (2024)
5	Lithuania	-76.5%	18.3 (2000)	4.3 (2024)
6	Denmark	-74.2%	9.3 (2000)	2.4 (2024)
7	Spain	-73.9%	14.2 (2000)	3.7 (2024)
8	Cyprus	-73.8%	16.0 (2000)	4.2 (2024)
9	Belgium	-72.0%	14.3 (2000)	4.0 (2024)
10	Ireland	-70.9%	11.0 (2000)	3.2 (2024)
11	Iceland	-70.2%	11.4 (2000)	3.4 (2024)
12	Sweden	-70.1%	6.7 (2000)	2.0 (2024)
13	Czechia	-69.0%	14.5 (2000)	4.5 (2024)
14	Austria	-68.9%	12.2 (2000)	3.8 (2024)
15	Poland	-68.5%	16.5 (2000)	5.2 (2024)
16	Portugal	-67.8%	18.0 (2000)	5.8 (2024)
17	Greece	-66.1%	18.9 (2000)	6.4 (2024)
18	Switzerland	-65.9%	8.2 (2000)	2.8 (2024)
19	Estonia	-65.8%	14.6 (2000)	5.0 (2024)
20	France	-65.4%	13.3 (2000)	4.6 (2024)
21	Germany	-63.7%	9.1 (2000)	3.3 (2024)
22	Slovakia	-59.0%	11.7 (2000)	4.8 (2024)
23	Italy	-58.9%	12.4 (2000)	5.1 (2024)
24	Finland	-58.4%	7.7 (2000)	3.2 (2024)
25	Croatia	-57.8%	14.7 (2000)	6.2 (2024)
26	Hungary	-55.9%	11.8 (2000)	5.2 (2024)
27	Netherlands	-54.4%	6.8 (2000)	3.1 (2024)
28	United Kingdom	-54.1%	6.1 (2000)	2.8 (2018)
29	Malta	-44.7%	3.8 (2000)	2.1 (2024)
30	Bulgaria	-40.3%	12.4 (2000)	7.4 (2024)
31	Romania	-29.1%	11.0 (2000)	7.8 (2024)
32	Liechtenstein	-19.6%	9.2 (2000)	7.4 (2024)