Road injury accidents fell 4.23% to 14,051 in Sweden in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, road injury accidents in Sweden reached an all time high of 18,548 in 2007 and an all time low of 12,926 in 2014. When compared to Sweden's main peers, road injury accidents in Denmark amounted to 2,882, 4,730 in Finland, 4,374 in Norway and 173,694 in Russia in 2016.
Sweden has been ranked 18th within the group of 38 countries we follow in terms of road injury accidents, 9 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Road Injury Accidents | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Australia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| China | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 219,521 | 210,812 | 204,196 | 198,394 | 196,812 | ... | ||||||||
| Denmark | 3,498 | 3,525 | 3,124 | 2,984 | 2,880 | |||||||||||||||||
| Finland | 6,072 | 6,408 | 5,725 | 5,334 | 5,324 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 288,297 | 306,266 | 299,637 | 291,105 | 302,435 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | 883 | 849 | 742 | 822 | 808 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Japan | 725,924 | 692,084 | 665,157 | 629,033 | 573,842 | |||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 3,853 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | 10,886 | 9,804 | 9,604 | 9,347 | 8,880 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 6,434 | 6,079 | 6,154 | 5,241 | 4,972 | |||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Russia | 199,431 | 199,868 | 203,597 | 204,068 | 199,723 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 16,500 | 16,119 | 16,458 | 14,815 | 12,926 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 1,572,000 | 1,530,000 | 1,634,000 | 1,621,000 | 1,648,000 | ... |
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