An international study on road safety ranks Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria at the top of the accident rate list. Portugal rounded out the top 5, with Norway at the polar opposite: the safest country to drive.
A study by Vignetteswitzerland.com analyzed the latest data from the European Transport Safety Council to determine which countries have the most road deaths per million people. And he concluded that Romania was the most dangerous country to drive in Europe. Also: These horrific numbers represent a 10.26% drop compared to 2012, when the country reached 95.62 deaths per million people.
Serbia ranks second on the list, recording 82.65 road deaths per million people. Compared to 2012 data, this value represents a 13% drop compared to 95.01 road deaths per million people at that time.
In third place is Bulgaria, with 77.64 road deaths per million people. But, comparatively, it fared the worst among the top 3, as it recorded the smallest change in deaths among the top ten, with a 6% drop from 2012 (82.62 deaths).
Croatia ranks fourth on the list, with 71.20 road deaths per million people, a 22.53% decrease compared to 2012. Rounding out the top five is Portugal reaching 62.30 deaths, a drop of 8.53% compared to 2012 deaths (68.53%).
The study concluded that Norway is statistically the safest country to drive in Europe. In 2022, the country had only 21.38 deaths per million people, the lowest number of any European country. Compared to 2012 data, this is a drop of 26.48% over the decade (29.08 deaths in 2012).
Sweden ranks second in the list of safest countries, with just 21.72 deaths, a 27.74% decrease compared to 2012 (30.05 deaths. The top 3 ends with the UK, with 25, 89 deaths on the roads, a decrease. Just 9.51% compared to 2012 (28.61 deaths).
Denmark ranks fourth, with 26.22 road deaths per million people in 2022 data, which represents a 12.38% drop compared to 2012 (29.93 deaths).
Top 4 of worst and top 4 of best looks like a 'battle' between the Balkans and Scandinavia. Rounding out the top five on the positive side is Switzerland with 27.58 deaths, a 35.29% decrease compared to 2012 data (42.62 deaths).
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