Crashes among young road users by speed limit
Most registered [i] road deaths among young road users occur on roads with a speed limit of 50 km/h (mainly in the urban area), followed by roads with a speed limit of 80 km/h and 60 km/h (mainly in the rural area); see Figure 4.
Figure 4. The share of registered road deaths among young road users aged 10-17 (2011-2020) disaggregated for speed limit. Sources: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (BRON), Statistics Netherlands (Road Death Statistics), edited by SWOV.
Time of day and month
Figure 5 presents the share of registered road deaths among young road users (2011-2020) on week days and weekend days per hour. In the ‘total number of road deaths’ there are three peak periods on weekdays. Two peaks (around 7 to 8 am and between 1 and 5 pm) seem to correspond to the times at which young road users travel to and from school. The third peak (around 8 pm) seems to refer to travels home from sports clubs/hobbies/friends. What is also apparent is that more casualties occur after midnight in the weekend than on weekdays.
Figure 5. The share of registered road deaths (2011-2020) among young road users aged 10-17, disaggregated for hours of the day. Sources: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (BRON), Statistics Netherlands (Road Death Statistics), edited by SWOV.
Figure 6 presents the monthly number of registered road deaths among young road users between 2011 and 2020. There are no clear differences between the months.
Figure 6. Registered road deaths (2011-2020) among young road users aged 10-17, broken down by month. Sources: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (BRON), Statistics Netherlands (Road Death Statistics), edited by SWOV.
[i]. For disaggregation of road deaths for different road types, we have to rely on road crash registration by the police (BRON). However, not all road deaths are registered here (see SWOV fact sheet Road deaths in the Netherlands).
