Killed in road traffic accidents per million of people fell 15.3% to 26.2 persons in Switzerland in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, killed in road traffic accidents per million of people in Switzerland reached an all time high of 285 persons in 1971 and an all time low of 26.2 persons in 2016. When compared to Switzerland's main peers, killed in road traffic accidents per million of people in Austria amounted to 50.8 persons, 53.8 persons in France, 39.3 persons in Germany and 54.2 persons in Italy in 2016.
Switzerland has been ranked 39th within the group of 39 countries we follow in terms of killed in road traffic accidents per million of people, 16 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | persons | 102 | 110 | 93.9 | 88.3 | 84.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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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