Traffic Safety Basic Facts 2013 - Main Figures Traffic Safety Basic Facts 2018 Cyclists Traffic Safety Basic Facts 2018 – Cyclists General In 2016, about 25.600 people were killed in road accidents throughout the EU, a reduction of 40% from the 2007 total of 43.150. This fact sheet explores the known characteristics of cyclist fatalities. Cyclists, while relatively small in proportion with respect to motorized vehicles, have a high level of vulnerability, creating a significant need to better understand the characteristics specific to this user group. A good insight into the problem provides an opportunity to improve the safety of this cheap, convenient and environmentally safe mode of transport. Fatality refers to any road user who was killed outright or who died In 2016, about 2.000 cyclists within 30 days as a result of the accident. This fact sheet addresses were killed in road accidents cyclists fatalities hereinafter referred to as fatalities. The term “bicycles” in the EU countries, 8% of all refers only to push bikes. The most recent year or period for which data road fatalities. are available has been analysed. Bicycle fatalities make up 8% of the total number of road accident fatalities in 2016 in the EU countries. In these countries, 2.015 people riding bicycles were killed in road accidents in 2016 (excluding Lithuania and Slovakia). Figure 1: Number of cyclist fatalities and all road fatalities, EU, 2007-2016 Source: CARE database, data available in May 2018 Figure 1 shows both the number of cyclist fatalities and the number of all road fatalities in the EU between 2007 and 2016. In this period the decrease of bicycle fatalities was 24%. - 2 - Traffic Safety Basic Facts 2018 – Cyclists Table 1 shows the number of bicycle fatalities for the European Union countries from 2007 up to 2016. For some EU countries data are not available for all years. For these countries estimates are included in the EU total. Table 1: Number of cyclist fatalities by country, 2007-2016 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BE 90 86 89 70 70 69 73 76 83 71 BG - 35 29 27 17 32 31 29 29 - CZ 116 93 84 80 63 78 74 68 84 53 DK 54 54 25 26 30 22 33 30 26 31 DE 425 456 462 381 399 406 354 396 383 393 EE 13 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 - IE 15 13 7 5 9 8 5 13 - - EL 16 22 15 23 13 21 15 19 11 18 ES 90 59 57 67 48 74 70 75 58 67 FR 142 148 162 147 141 164 147 159 149 162 HR 28 47 29 28 28 21 23 19 34 27 IT 352 288 295 265 282 292 251 273 251 275 CY 3 6 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 LV 18 15 26 13 15 18 13 16 9 7 LT - - - - - - 18 19 22 - LU 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 HU 158 109 103 92 85 84 68 98 83 73 MT 0 0 0 0 - - - - 0 1 NL 147 145 138 119 144 145 112 118 107 101 AT 37 62 39 32 42 52 52 45 39 48 PL 498 433 371 280 314 300 306 286 300 271 PT 34 42 29 33 45 32 29 35 25 33 RO 179 179 157 182 140 154 161 151 162 176 SI 17 17 18 17 16 12 16 13 14 12 SK 61 46 22 27 - - - - - - FI 22 18 20 26 19 19 20 27 30 26 SE 33 30 20 21 21 28 14 33 17 22 UK 138 117 104 111 109 120 113 116 100 105 EU 2.660 2.483 2.289 2.048 2.054 2.152 1.982 2.096 2.008 2.015 Yearly -6,6% -7,8% -10,5% 0,3% 4,7% -7,9% 5,7% -4,2% 0,3% Change IS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 NO 7 10 9 5 12 12 10 12 5 12 CH 30 27 54 34 39 36 21 34 39 33 Source: CARE database, data available in May 2018 Totals for EU include latest available data (Lithuanian and Slovakian data not included in totals) As shown in Table 2, the EU countries with the highest percentage of bicycle fatalities in 2016 were the Netherlands (19%), Denmark (15%) and Germany (12%). In contrast, e.g. in Greece, Spain and France cyclists constitute only a small part of the road accident fatalities. - 3 - Traffic Safety Basic Facts 2018 – Cyclists Table 2: Percentage of cyclist fatalities of all road fatalities, 2007-2016 or latest available year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BE 8% 9% 9% 8% 8% 9% 10% 10% 11% 11% BG - 3% 3% 3% 3% 5% 5% 4% 4% - CZ 10% 9% 9% 10% 8% 11% 11% 10% 11% 9% DK 13% 13% 8% 10% 14% 13% 17% 16% 15% 15% DE 9% 10% 11% 10% 10% 11% 11% 12% 11% 12% The Netherlands, Denmark EE 7% 7% 7% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% - and Germany had the IE 4% 5% 3% 2% 5% 5% 3% 7% - - highest percentages of EL 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 2% 2% 2% 1% 2% ES 2% 2% 2% 3% 2% 4% 4% 4% 3% 4% cyclist fatalities in the total FR 3% 3% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% 5% 4% 5% number of road accident HR 5% 7% 5% 7% 7% 5% 6% 6% 10% 9% fatalities. IT 7% 6% 7% 6% 7% 8% 7% 8% 7% 8% CY 3% 7% 3% 3% 3% 2% 5% 2% 2% 0% LV 4% 5% 10% 6% 8% 10% 7% 8% 5% 4% LT - - - - - - 7% 7% 9% - LU 0% 0% 4% 3% 6% 0% 0% 0% 0% 3% HU 13% 11% 13% 12% 13% 14% 12% 16% 13% 12% MT 0% 0% 0% 0% - - - - 0% 4% NL 21% 21% 21% 22% 26% 26% 24% 25% 20% 19% AT 5% 9% 6% 6% 8% 10% 11% 10% 8% 11% PL 9% 8% 8% 7% 7% 8% 9% 9% 10% 9% PT 4% 5% 3% 4% 5% 4% 5% 5% 4% 6% RO 6% 6% 6% 8% 7% 8% 9% 8% 9% 9% SI 6% 8% 11% 12% 11% 9% 13% 12% 12% 9% SK 9% 8% 6% 7% - - - - - - FI 6% 5% 7% 10% 7% 7% 8% 12% 11% 10% SE 7% 8% 6% 8% 7% 10% 5% 12% 7% 8% UK 5% 4% 4% 6% 6% 7% 6% 6% 6% 6% EU 6% 6% 7% 7% 7% 8% 8% 8% 8% 8% IS 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 6% 0% NO 3% 4% 4% 2% 7% 8% 5% 8% 4% 9% CH 8% 8% 15% 10% 12% 11% 8% 14% 15% 15% Source: CARE database, data available in May 2018 Figure 2 shows the number of cyclist fatalities and the percentage of all road fatalities in the EU between 2007 and 2016. In this period there was a decrease of 24% in the number of cyclist fatalities. The percentage of cyclist fatalities of all road fatalities increased from 6% in 2007 to 8% in 2016. Figure 2: Number of cyclist fatalities and percentage of all road fatalities, EU, 2007-2016 or latest available year The percentage of cyclist fatalities of all road fatalities increased from 6% in 2007 to 8% in 2016. Source: CARE database, data available in May 2018 - 4 - Traffic Safety Basic Facts 2018 – Cyclists As shown in Table 3, cyclist fatality rates per million population in the EU decreased from 5,5 in 2007 to 4,0 in 2016. Table 3: Cyclist fatality rates per million population by country, 2007-2016 or latest available year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 BE 8,5 8,1 8,3 6,5 6,4 6,2 6,5 6,8 7,4 6,3 BG - 4,7 3,9 3,6 2,3 4,4 4,3 4,0 4,0 - CZ 11,3 9,0 8,1 7,6 6,0 7,4 7,0 6,5 8,0 5,0 DK 9,9 9,9 4,5 4,7 5,4 3,9 5,9 5,3 4,6 5,4 DE 5,2 5,5 5,6 4,7 5,0 5,1 4,4 4,9 4,7 4,8 EE 9,7 6,7 5,2 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 - IE 3,5 2,9 1,5 1,1 2,0 1,7 1,1 2,8 - - EL 1,4 2,0 1,4 2,1 1,2 1,9 1,4 1,7 1,0 1,7 ES 2,0 1,3 1,2 1,4 1,0 1,6 1,5 1,6 1,2 1,4 FR 2,2 2,3 2,5 2,3 2,2 2,5 2,2 2,4 2,2 2,4 HR 6,5 10,9 6,7 6,5 6,5 4,9 5,4 4,5 8,0 6,4 IT 6,0 4,9 5,0 4,5 4,8 4,9 4,2 4,5 4,1 4,5 CY 4,0 7,7 2,5 2,4 2,4 1,2 2,3 1,2 1,2 0,0 LV 8,1 6,8 12,0 6,1 7,2 8,8 6,4 8,0 4,5 3,6 Cyclist fatality rates per LT - - - - - - 6,1 6,5 7,5 - million population in the EU LU 0,0 0,0 4,1 2,0 3,9 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 1,7 decreased from 5,5 in 2007 HU 15,7 10,9 10,3 9,2 8,5 8,5 6,9 9,9 8,4 7,4 MT 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 - - - - 0,0 2,3 to 4,0 in 2016.