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Most road deaths occur in crashes involving a car: single-car crashes, car-car crashes and bicycle-car crashes (Figure 5). It should be noted, however, that the crash opponent information is based on the number of road deaths registered in BRON while not all road deaths are registered there (see the question How is the number of road deaths in the Netherlands determined?). In 2023, 77 of the 684 real road deaths (according to Statistics Netherlands) are missing from the BRON database. Moreover, mainly crashes without motor vehicle involvement are the ones that are less well registered. Therefore, the number of road deaths in single-bicycle crashes will in fact be higher than shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5. Number of road deaths in 2023 by mode of transport (source: Statistics Netherlands), broken down by mode of transport of the crash opponent, based on registration in BRON (Source: IenW, Statistics Netherlands). *Including speed pedelecs
