How has the number of serious road injuries in the Netherlands developed since 2000?

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Figure 1 shows the trend in the number of serious road injuries from 2000 through 2022. The trend in serious road injuries is upward from 2006 onwards. In 2020 and 2021, the number of serious road injuries was lower than was to be expected considering the trend through 2019; in 2022, the number was slightly higher than this trend [1] [2]. The lower numbers in 2020 and 2021 were partly due to the COVID-19 social distancing measures, which resulted in less traffic on the roads.

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Figure 1. The number of serious road injuries in the Netherlands since 2000 according to the current definition. Source: SWOV, based on DHD and IenW.

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Serious road injuries in the Netherlands

In 2022, the number of serious road injuries in the Netherlands was estimated at 8,300. That number is about 1,500 (over 20%) higher than the 2021 Meer

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