Between 2006 and 2020, road fatalities in Sweden had more than halved. The lowest figure of such fatalities was recorded in 2020 at 206. These figures stand in contrast to an increase in the volume of passenger road transport. In 2019, people travelled a combined 125.4 billion kilometers.
Casualty figures also in decline
Much like road fatalities, the number of road traffic casualties declined over the past decade. A total of roughly 18,500 individuals had reportedly been injured in 2018, with figures 26 percent lower than eleven years prior. This was despite a slight increase in the past three years.
Denmark records highest fatality numbers
Among Scandinavian countries, Denmark recorded the greatest number of road traffic related fatalities, which amounted to 32 per million inhabitants. By comparison, fatality figures were lowest in Norway at 20 fatal accidents per million inhabitants.
Number of road traffic fatalities in Sweden from 2006 to 2020
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