Road injury accidents rose 1.62% to 57,522 in France in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, road injury accidents in France reached an all time high of 274,476 in 1972 and an all time low of 56,603 in 2015. When compared to France's main peers, road injury accidents in Belgium amounted to 40,096, 308,145 in Germany, 175,791 in Italy and 102,362 in Spain in 2016.
France has been ranked 9th within the group of 38 countries we follow in terms of road injury accidents, 4 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 67,288 | 65,024 | 60,437 | 56,812 | 58,191 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 288,297 | 306,266 | 299,637 | 291,105 | 302,435 | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 212,997 | 205,638 | 188,228 | 181,660 | 177,031 | |||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | 876 | 962 | 1,019 | 949 | 908 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Netherlands | 3,853 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | 38,832 | 40,065 | 37,062 | 35,847 | 34,970 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 35,426 | 32,541 | 29,867 | 30,339 | 30,604 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 7,560 | 7,218 | 6,864 | 6,542 | 6,264 | |||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 85,503 | 83,027 | 83,115 | 89,519 | 91,570 | |||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 19,609 | 18,990 | 18,148 | 17,473 | 17,803 |
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