Fatalities in railway accidents in Europe 2018-2019, by country

In 2019, fewer railway accident fatalities occurred in the EU, compared to the previous year. In 2019, 824 people were killed in railway accidents in the EU, a decrease of almost seven percent on 2018, when 885 people were killed. Countries with more than 20 fatalities in railway accidents in 2018, however, showed mixed results: Poland, Italy, France, Hungary, and the United Kingdom reported fewer fatalities in 2019 than in 2018, with Italy, most notably, showing a reduction in accident deaths of 41 percent.
On the other hand, Czechia, Germany, Romania, and Slovakia, showed an increase in deaths. In the case of Romania, this increase was 27 percent in 2019 compared to 2018.