18/03/2025 (Agence Europe) – In 2024, 19,800 people lost their lives in road accidents across the EU, a slight fall of 3% on the previous year, the European Commission revealed on Tuesday 18 March (see EUROPE 13501/32). This represents a rate of 44 deaths per million inhabitants. Even if road fatalities have decreased, the overall pace of improvement remains too slow, according to the Commission. In fact, most Member States are not on track to meet the EU’s goal of halving road deaths by 2030. Sweden and Denmark remain the safest countries in terms of road safety, with low fatality rates of 20 and 24 deaths per million inhabitants. Despite an improvement, Bulgaria and Romania have the highest rates, with 77 and 74 deaths respectively per million inhabitants in 2024. For more information: https://aeur.eu/f/fzs (AD)