Who is involved — drivers' age and experience, intoxication, seatbelts, pedestrians.
Over 2021–2025, 689 road users died. Most were car drivers (238) and pedestrians (167), followed by passengers (137) and motorcyclists (72). Pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter, motorcycle and moped riders together made up 42% of the deaths.
Once in a crash, motorcyclists are the most at risk: 5.7 of every 100 motorcyclists hurt died, against 5.4 for car drivers, 4.8 for pedestrians and 2.2 for cyclists. A pedestrian's risk climbs steeply with age: 12.4% of pedestrians aged 85 and over who were hit died, against 0.5% of children under 15.
The seat belt is among the most effective protections: 8.1% of unbelted car drivers and passengers in crashes died, against 1.3% of those belted. Drivers aged 25–34 caused the most crashes (2,383), and one in 9 drivers at fault had at most a year's driving experience.
Analysis: Pedestrians in the dark: why pedestrian deaths are rising again
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 text and tables were computed on 2026-10-31; the charts show the latest data.
| Road users | Casualties | Killed | Killed / 100 casualties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car drivers | 4,413 | 238 | 5.4 |
| Pedestrians | 3,506 | 167 | 4.8 |
| Passengers | 4,443 | 137 | 3.1 |
| Motorcyclists | 1,258 | 72 | 5.7 |
| Cyclists | 1,925 | 42 | 2.2 |
| Quad riders | 110 | 8 | 7.3 |
| Tractor drivers | 56 | 7 | 12.5 |
| Other | 109 | 5 | 4.6 |
| Moped riders | 388 | 5 | 1.3 |
| Other vehicle drivers | 85 | 3 | 3.5 |
| Light quad riders | 41 | 2 | 4.9 |
| E-scooter riders | 484 | 2 | 0.4 |
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