Road injury accidents rose 1.33% to 38,466 in Austria in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, road injury accidents in Austria reached an all time high of 52,763 in 1971 and an all time low of 35,129 in 2011. When compared to Austria's main peers, road injury accidents in Germany amounted to 308,145, 16,627 in Hungary, 175,791 in Italy and 17,577 in Switzerland in 2016.
Austria has been ranked 11th within the group of 38 countries we follow in terms of road injury accidents, 6 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 |
| Austria | 35,348 | 35,129 | 40,831 | 38,502 | 37,957 | |||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 45,918 | 47,945 | 44,234 | 41,279 | 41,481 | |||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | 19,676 | 20,487 | 20,504 | 20,342 | 21,054 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 67,288 | 65,024 | 60,437 | 56,812 | 58,191 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 288,297 | 306,266 | 299,637 | 291,105 | 302,435 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | 16,308 | 15,827 | 15,174 | 15,691 | 15,847 | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 212,997 | 205,638 | 188,228 | 181,660 | 177,031 | |||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 38,832 | 40,065 | 37,062 | 35,847 | 34,970 | |||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | 6,570 | 5,775 | 5,370 | 5,113 | 5,391 | |||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 7,560 | 7,218 | 6,864 | 6,542 | 6,264 | |||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 19,609 | 18,990 | 18,148 | 17,473 | 17,803 |
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