Killed in road traffic accidents per million of people fell 4.14% to 54.2 persons in Italy in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, killed in road traffic accidents per million of people in Italy reached an all time high of 221 persons in 1972 and an all time low of 54.2 persons in 2016. When compared to Italy's main peers, killed in road traffic accidents per million of people in Austria amounted to 50.8 persons, 53.8 persons in France, 63.1 persons in Slovenia and 26.2 persons in Switzerland in 2016.
Italy has been ranked 22nd within the group of 39 countries we follow in terms of killed in road traffic accidents per million of people, 9 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Killed In Road Traffic Accidents (per Million of People) | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Austria | persons | 65.7 | 62.1 | 62.9 | 53.8 | 50.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | persons | 76.9 | 78.4 | 69.8 | 65.5 | 65.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | persons | 98.2 | 96.8 | 91.4 | 86.1 | 72.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | persons | 63.1 | 62.4 | 57.3 | 51.0 | 52.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 43.9 | 48.4 | 43.6 | 40.5 | 41.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | persons | 73.9 | 63.9 | 60.8 | 59.6 | 63.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | persons | 67.9 | 63.5 | 63.1 | 56.0 | 55.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | persons | 67.2 | 68.5 | 63.0 | 60.6 | 52.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | 53.7 | 44.3 | 40.8 | 36.0 | 36.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | persons | 41.8 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 33.4 | 30.0 |
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