![]() These developments raise the question if current EU road safety policy measures are sufficient and effective. Where the roads of Scandinavian countries such as Sweden and Denmark are among the safest on the continent, countries like Romania, Slovakia or Slovenia still bear a higher share of road fatalities. ![]() Additionally, the disparity in road injuries and deaths between EU Member States remains big. However, progress has been slowing down for several years now, and the road safety numbers are nowhere near the desired targets for 20. Between 20 fatalities fell by 36% across the EU, meaning that European roads are still the safest in the world, with 42 road deaths per 1 million inhabitants. This was not entirely in line with the decrease in traffic due to the pandemic. In 2020, almost 19.000 people lost their lives on European roads, which is a 17% reduction compared to 2019. On 20 April, the EU Road Safety Results Conference took place, during which the newest traffic fatalities numbers from the EU Member States were presented.
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