Road traffic accidents, 1981 - 2008

Total number of accidents

No.of motor vehicles involved
Casualties
Fatal 2
Seriously injured
Slightly injured
Fatality index 3
Fatality rate per 100,000
population
Fatality rate per 1,000 registered
motor vehicles

1981
5,281
8,241

1982
4,749
7,354

1983
4,447
7,141

1984
4,681
7,538

1985
5,035
8,235

1986
5,707
9,410

1987
7,059
11,869

1988
8,259
14,153

1989
9,085
15,489

1990
10,316
17,562

1991
13,439
22,835

1992
14,371
24,549

1993
14,652
25,240

1994
15,727
27,122

1995
14,683
25,584

1996
14,845
26,270

1997
15,954
28,561

1998
18,055
32,568

1999
17,877
32,547

2000
18,278
33,537

2001
18,517
33,988

2002
18,022
33,119

2003
19,178
35,239

2004
19,495
35,506

2005
22,554
43,741

2006
20,242
40,023

2007
20,519
41,178

3,149

2,460

2,531

2,329

2,685

2,834

3,294

3,004

3,141

3,575

4,025

4,395

4,160

3,947

3,586

3,774

3,755

3,828

3,405

3,291

3,264

2,904

2,698

2,951

2,760

2,522

3,055

108
269
2,772
3.4

99
147
2,214
4.0

102
305
2,124
4.0

82
253
1,994
3.5

104
266
2,315
3.9

109
226
2,499
3.8

112
255
2,927
3.4

122
282
2,600
4.1

130
250
2,761
4.1

144
315
3,116
4.0

168
296
3,561
4.2

119
378
3,898
2.7

157
322
3,681
3.8

154
330
3,463
3.9

173
280
3,133
4.8

153
238
3,383
4.1

146
261
3,348
3.9

162
281
3,385
4.2

170
237
2,998
5.0

163
266
2,862
5.0

126
288
2,850
3.9

158
216
2,530
5.4

131
291
2,276
4.8

144
245
2,562
4.9

136
358
2,266
4.9

134
348
2,040
5.3

140
500
2,415
4.6

11.3

10.3

10.5

8.4

10.6

11.0

11.2

12.0

12.6

13.8

16.2

11.3

14.8

14.3

15.9

13.9

13.1

14.4

14.9

14.2

10.8

13.5

11.0

12.0

11.3

11.0

11.4

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.1

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

0.8

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.4

Exclude accidents involving bicycles only or bicycle and pedestrian

From 1993 to 2001 figures are based on definition of fatal accidents where death occurred within 7 days.
As from 2002, figures are based on definition of fatal accidents where deaths occurred within 30 days as a result of road accidents
3
Fatality index is the number of fatalities per 100 casualties.

2008
20,873
42,910
3,435

168
512
2,755
4.9
13.6
0.5