Lithuania's roads in 2025: more deaths, fewer impaired drivers
· Data as of 24 October 2026
In 2025, 137 people died on Lithuania's roads — 13 more than a year earlier. The number of injury crashes barely changed (2,802), while the number injured rose by 4% (to 3,261). One year means little without context, though: over the decade, deaths have fallen by almost half, and some groups have lately moved against the overall trend.
More deaths, but the same direction
137 deaths is more than in 2024 (124), but about the 2022–2024 average (135). Swings of a few dozen deaths a year are normal: 122 people died in 2022, 159 in 2023. Taking the longer view, deaths in 2025 were 43% below 2015 (242).
Serious injuries fell in 2025 — 373, against 413 a year earlier. A person counts as seriously injured when a forensic assessment says so or, where none was made, when they were treated in hospital.
Source: Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior, injury crashes; ivykiuzemelapis.lt calculations.
Vision Zero: within reach only if progress speeds up
The national "Vision Zero" programme aims for half as many road deaths in 2030 as in 2019, when 186 people died — no more than 93. On a straight line to that target, 2025 should have seen at most 135 deaths; it saw 137, so the country is only slightly behind.
The rest of the way is harder. Since 2019, deaths have fallen by about 5% a year on average; to reach 93 by 2030 they now need to fall by roughly 7.5% every year. In other words, the next five years have to be better than the last.
How people die: head-on crashes and running off the road
Almost half (47%) of all 2025 deaths happened in two kinds of crash. 33 people died when a car ran off the road, 17 of them when it also rolled over, and 32 in head-on collisions. These are rural-road crashes, where speed, fatigue and inattention decide the outcome and crash barriers and median strips could protect. 29 pedestrians died after being hit off a crossing, and 10 on one.
- Running off the road33
- Head-on collisions32
- Pedestrians off a crossing29
- Pedestrians at a crossing10
- Side collisions8
- Collisions turning left or making a U-turn8
- Rear-end collisions5
- Other collisions5
- Rollovers and falls2
- Other kinds5
Source: Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior, injury crashes; ivykiuzemelapis.lt calculations.
Who died: more passengers and pedestrians
Car drivers made up the largest group — 44, almost the same as in 2024. The number of passengers killed rose the most, from 17 to 27. 39 pedestrians died — the most since 2020, and the fourth rise in a row (more in the article on pedestrians). Fewer motorcyclists and cyclists died than a year earlier.
One clear change concerns older people. In 2025, 38 people aged over 65 died, against an average of 27 in 2022–2024 (42% more). Almost half of them (16) were pedestrians, 9 car drivers and 7 passengers.
- Car drivers44(43)
- Pedestrians39(35)
- Passengers27(17)
- Motorcyclists14(16)
- Cyclists6(9)
Source: Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior, injury crashes; ivykiuzemelapis.lt calculations.
Darkness and the time of year
Only 18% of injury crashes happened in the dark, but they claimed 32% of the deaths — 44 people. The deadliest month was December (17 deaths), followed by September (15). February saw the fewest (7), even though most crashes happen in summer: the warm months bring more crashes, the dark ones worse ones.
Growing concerns: teenagers and e-scooters
446 teenagers aged 12–17 were injured in 2025 — 28% more than the 2022–2024 average (349). E-scooter riders injured rose too — 150, against an average of 109 over the three years before. The two trends are linked: many of the e-scooter casualties are minors (more in the article on e-scooters).
Good news: fewer impaired drivers at fault
Drivers at fault who were drunk, on drugs or refused a test caused 196 injury crashes in 2025 — 20% fewer than the 2022–2024 average and the fewest in a decade. Such crashes remain among the worst, though: 21 people died in them, against 12 in 2024 (more in the article on impaired drivers).
Where people died
Most people died in Vilnius District Municipality — 11, even though it had six times fewer injury crashes than Vilnius city (98 against 625). It is a familiar pattern: cities have many crashes at low speed, rural roads fewer but more often fatal ones. 9 people died in Kaunas city and 8 in Vilnius city. In 11 municipalities nobody died on the roads in 2025. Each municipality's figures and crash hotspots are on the municipality pages.
About the figures
The figures are police-recorded injury crashes — those in which at least one person was killed or injured. A person who later died of their injuries counts as killed. The police sometimes revise a past year's records later, so the numbers may still shift slightly. The latest figures are always in the Charts section.