Municipalities & cities

Per-capita safety leagues and the urban–rural divide, using municipality population.

Over 2021–2025, Lithuania averaged 4.8 road deaths per 100,000 residents a year. Between municipalities the rate varies more than tenfold: it is highest in Kalvarija Municipality (22.4), Panevėžys District Municipality (20.3) and Varėna District Municipality (14.7) and lowest in Druskininkai Municipality (0.0), Plungė District Municipality (1.2) and Alytus City Municipality (1.5).

City municipalities average 2.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, the rest 7.0. Rural roads see fewer crashes, but at higher speeds, and more of them are fatal.

In 2025, nobody died on the roads of 11 municipalities. Each municipality's figures, trends and crash hotspots are on its own page.

Shaded bands mark the COVID-19 lockdowns — one combined 2020–2021 span on yearly charts, and the two separate periods, when travel between municipalities was restricted, on monthly charts.

The figures in tables

The text and tables were computed on 2026-10-31; the charts show the latest data.

Municipalities by deaths per resident, 2021–2025
MunicipalityInjury crashesKilledDeaths / 100k a yearCrashes / 10k a year
Kalvarija Municipality411122.48.3
Panevėžys District Municipality3373620.319.0
Varėna District Municipality1221514.711.9
Kelmė District Municipality1421713.611.4
Molėtai District Municipality811113.19.7
Alytus District Municipality1301511.810.2
Zarasai District Municipality57811.07.8
Trakai District Municipality1541810.79.2
Pasvalys District Municipality1241210.711.1
Šilalė District Municipality1111110.310.4
Neringa Municipality2729.813.3
Prienai District Municipality184129.614.8
Kazlų Rūda Municipality3959.27.1
Lazdijai District Municipality6889.17.7
Kretinga District Municipality174179.19.3
Šakiai District Municipality108118.58.3
Šiauliai District Municipality210178.410.3
Širvintos District Municipality6168.18.2
Šalčininkai District Municipality93128.06.2
Anykščiai District Municipality11098.09.7
Palanga City Municipality20077.922.7
Klaipėda District Municipality392257.912.4
Vilnius District Municipality448407.88.7
Pakruojis District Municipality6877.77.5
Radviliškis District Municipality192137.611.2
Akmenė District Municipality6377.36.5
Raseiniai District Municipality168117.311.1
Kėdainiai District Municipality172167.07.5
Skuodas District Municipality3956.45.0
Kupiškis District Municipality4956.26.1
Telšiai District Municipality216126.111.0
Ukmergė District Municipality90105.85.2
Utena District Municipality151115.88.0
Vilkaviškis District Municipality127105.87.4
Kaunas District Municipality417295.88.3
Ignalina District Municipality4345.66.1
Pagėgiai Municipality2625.67.2
Rietavas Municipality3925.510.8
Kaišiadorys District Municipality10085.56.8
Marijampolė Municipality229145.18.4
Birštonas Municipality2214.910.7
Jonava District Municipality21794.310.5
Tauragė District Municipality20584.310.9
Elektrėnai Municipality10854.29.0
Panevėžys City Municipality757184.117.3
Jurbarkas District Municipality5654.04.5
Joniškis District Municipality7143.96.9
Švenčionys District Municipality7543.66.8
Rokiškis District Municipality10653.67.6
Biržai District Municipality7943.67.0
Mažeikiai District Municipality22062.38.5
Šiauliai City Municipality506122.39.5
Klaipėda City Municipality730172.29.3
Vilnius City Municipality2,955632.210.1
Visaginas Municipality4322.04.4
Kaunas City Municipality1,710261.711.3
Šilutė District Municipality19531.610.1
Alytus City Municipality18441.57.1
Plungė District Municipality15921.29.6
Druskininkai Municipality4900.04.9