Organisation: ETSC
Date of Publication: June 2026
Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 23 June 2026
Over two decades, this report has become one of Europe’s most influential road safety tools, comparing performance across 31 participating countries. The 20th annual report assesses progress towards the EU’s goal of halving both road deaths and serious injuries between 2020 and 2030, and reviews the recent EU policy developments that will help determine whether that goal is met.
In 2025, around 19,500 people lost their lives on roads in the EU, while more than 100,000 are estimated to have been seriously injured. Road deaths in the EU have fallen by just 2% in the last year, and by 15% since 2019. To reach the 2030 target, a cumulative reduction of at least 31% from 2019 was needed by now, actual progress was just 15%.
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