In 2015, 26 112 people died on EU roads. - There is no improvement compared to 2014 and 2013. - Between 2010 and 2015, the number of road deaths decreased by 17 %. This means 5 400 fewer deaths in 2015 than in 2010. - The EU’s 2015 road fatality rate was 51.5 deaths per million inhabitants. - In 2015, the countries with the lowest fatality rate per million inhabitants were Sweden (27), the UK (28), Denmark (31), the Netherlands (31) and Malta (26). - Countries with the weakest road safety records were Bulgaria (98), Romania (95), Latvia (95), Lithuania (83), and Croatia (82). -In 2015, seven EU countries recorded a fatality rate below 40 deaths per million inhabitants and none of the Member States had a fatality rate above 100 deaths per million inhabitants. (Author/publisher)
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