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Europe: Comparative European level crossing accident rates

An analysis of available European data shows a wide variation in level accident rates at level crossings. The 2008 figures below, in descending order, may not address fatalities known to have been intentional on a comparable basis.

Country

Country
code

Number of fatalities

Rate per 100,000 population

Latvia

LV

27

1.20

Hungary

HU

118

1.18

Czech Republic

CZ

43

0.42

Slovakia

SK

17

0.31

Austria

AT

25

0.30

Romania

RO

42

0.20

Portugal

PT

17

0.16

Netherlands

NL

18

0.11

Poland

PL

40

0.10

France

FR

38

0.06

Germany

DE

52

0.06

Spain

ES

17

0.04

Great Britain

GB

14

0.02

(March 16th, 2010)


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