Abstract
The 21st century has begun with the lowest levels of road deaths since systematic reporting began in most member countries of the International Transport Forum. Overall, the number of people killed on road in 2014 declined by 1.6% in the 35 countries for which provisional data are available, continuing the on-going positive trend observed. Part of this can be attributed to the economic recession. In countries with a low number of people killed on the roads, relatively small changes in fatalities have large impacts on figures for annual changes, as in the case of Iceland, Malta and Luxembourg. (Author/publisher)