EUROPE: Cyprus has lowest rate for cyclists killed on the road

Cyprus, along with Luxembourg, had the lowest rate of cyclists killed in road accidents at zero per million of inhabitants but it was above the EU average for traffic-related fatalities.

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 In Cyprus there were 54.2 road accident fatalities per million inhabitants in 2016, 11.8 in passenger cars, 7.1 in goods vehicles, 1.2 in buses and coaches, 2.4 on mopeds, 11.8 on motorbikes, 16.5 for pedestrians and 3.5 by other means.

The number of fatalities recorded in road traffic accidents in the EU is estimated to be around 25,000 in 2017, corresponding to 50 fatal accidents per million inhabitants. For Greece the same rate was 67.9 for 2017.

The annual number of deaths on EU roads has been around 25,000 since 2013, after a steady decline from 43,000 in 2007.

Passenger car deaths accounted for almost half (46%) of all fatal road accidents in 2017, followed by deaths of pedestrians (21%), motorcyclists (15%), bicyclists (8%) and deaths involving other forms of road transport (10%).

Bulgaria ranks highest in the passenger car category with 64 deaths per million inhabitants (2016 data), which is almost six times the lowest rate, that of Malta (11, also 2016 data).

The rate of deaths among pedestrians in road traffic accidents is highest in Romania (37 deaths per million inhabitants) and lowest in Denmark (3).

Greece has the highest rate of fatalities in relation to motorcycle accidents (20 deaths per million inhabitants). This contrasts with the situation in Bulgaria (2016 data) and Estonia, where the rate is zero. 

Cyclists killed in road accidents as a proportion of the population, the highest rate is in Romania (10 deaths per million inhabitants) and the lowest rate is zero, recorded in Cyprus and Luxembourg.