(ADW) The European Union set
itself a target: to reduce traffic fatalities by half between 2010 and
2020; but according to a new report, the bloc is far from reaching
this goal, and for the first time since 2001 figures rose again in 2015.
Last year Luxembourg reported 58 road deaths per million inhabitants which is above the European average of 51.5. This is a major increase from 2014 where 35 deaths occurred, and in 2013 the figure was 45.
Whether the commissioning of the new speed cameras in the Grand Duchy will have an effect on the death figures, however, remains to be seen.
In 2015 in the EU, 26,000 people were killed in vehicle accidents, stated the German news portal "Welt Online", referring to the new annual report released by the European Commission for road safety, which will be officially presented on Wednesday. There were 300 more deaths than in 2014, it stated.
Last year 76 percent of victims on European roads were men, according to the report, while there have been a total of 135,000 seriously injured on Europe's roads, most of them pedestrians, cyclists and the elderly.
The most fatal accidents recorded in Europe were in Bulgaria and Romania, both registering 95 deaths per million inhabitants, followed by Latvia at 94.
The fewest death registered were 26 for Malta, 27 in Sweden, 28 for the Netherlands, and the UK recorded 29 deaths per million inhabitants.
Luxembourg, with its 58 deaths figure, comes out above the European average.
ΠΗΓΗ: European Commission
Last year Luxembourg reported 58 road deaths per million inhabitants which is above the European average of 51.5. This is a major increase from 2014 where 35 deaths occurred, and in 2013 the figure was 45.
Whether the commissioning of the new speed cameras in the Grand Duchy will have an effect on the death figures, however, remains to be seen.
In 2015 in the EU, 26,000 people were killed in vehicle accidents, stated the German news portal "Welt Online", referring to the new annual report released by the European Commission for road safety, which will be officially presented on Wednesday. There were 300 more deaths than in 2014, it stated.
Last year 76 percent of victims on European roads were men, according to the report, while there have been a total of 135,000 seriously injured on Europe's roads, most of them pedestrians, cyclists and the elderly.
The most fatal accidents recorded in Europe were in Bulgaria and Romania, both registering 95 deaths per million inhabitants, followed by Latvia at 94.
The fewest death registered were 26 for Malta, 27 in Sweden, 28 for the Netherlands, and the UK recorded 29 deaths per million inhabitants.
Luxembourg, with its 58 deaths figure, comes out above the European average.
ΠΗΓΗ: European Commission
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