Abstract
An analysis is given of accident statistics of 1978 in the Netherlands. The decrease in the number of fatalities in 1978 compared with 1977 is mainly due to a decrease of fatalities outside build-up areas of vehicle occupants of "fast" traffic, and secondly a decrease of fatalities inside build-up areas in the past six months of 1978 among the slow traffic, in particular for cyclists and moped-riders.