The Road Traffic Safety statistics
Current information on road traffic accidents:
From the start of 2024 till November 4 there were 90 road traffic fatalities.
Fatalities in road traffic:
Year, from the start of the year up to date, calendar year, sliding year, incl. per million inhabitants
| Year | From 01.01 | From 01.01 | From 05.11 prev.y. | From 05.11 prev.y. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| till 04.11 | till 31.12 | till 04.11 | till 04.11 | |
| number | number | number | per mil. | |
| 2015 | 151 | 188 | 197 | 99 |
| 2016 | 129 | 158 | 166 | 84 |
| 2017 | 110 | 136 | 139 | 71 |
| 2018 | 120 | 148 | 146 | 75 |
| 2019 | 106 | 132 | 133 | 69 |
| 2020 | 114 | 139 | 140 | 73 |
| 2021 | 122 | 147 | 148 | 78 |
| 2022 | 95 | 113 | 120 | 64 |
| 2023 | 119 | 142 | 137 | 73 |
| 2024 | 90 | 113 | 60 | |
| 2024 | Goal < than | 111 | 111 | 59 |
The goal for 2024 is shown from Latvian Road Traffic Safety plan 2021 - 2027
The sliding year allows to evaluate the current year's trends regarding the number of fatalities
In 2023, the EU average was 46, Sweden 22; Bulgaria 82 fatalities per million inhabitants. Only 4 Member States had a death rate equal to or greater than 60 per million inhabitants
The data for the last two months may be incomplete, as the data from the database of the Ministry of the Interior is obtained once a month until the 10th, and also because persons who died within 30 days of the accident are considered accident fatalities
Serious traffic crashes are investigated by the police and expert examinations are carried out, taking into account newly acquired information during the investigation of the crashes. Data for the previous year are usually updated by May of the current year
The data tables published on this page are intended for informational purposes in order to assess the dynamics of traffic accidents, the data are not official