Analyses
Every year about 2,800 crashes on Lithuania's roads leave someone dead or injured. These analyses look at what the annual totals leave out: why pedestrian deaths are rising again, why crashes caused by impaired drivers remain so deadly, and why so many of the e-scooter riders hurt are minors. We work from police-recorded crashes, the same ones you see on the map and in the charts.
Lithuania's roads in 2025: more deaths, fewer impaired drivers
What the police-recorded crashes of 2025 show: 137 deaths, the Vision Zero plan, the deadliest crashes, pedestrians, older people, teenagers, e-scooters and impaired drivers.
Pedestrians in the dark: why pedestrian deaths are rising again
167 pedestrians died in 2021–2025, and the number has risen four years in a row. When, where and why pedestrians die: darkness, autumn evenings, rural roads and older age.
E-scooters: more riders hurt, many of them minors
150 e-scooter riders were hurt in 2025. 40% of the casualties are minors, and in more than half the crashes the rider was at fault. Where, when and who.
Impaired drivers: half as many crashes, but no less deadly
Crashes caused by drunk or drugged drivers fell from 357 to 196 in a decade, but they are twice as deadly. Night, weekends, rural roads and blood alcohol levels.
