Road injury accidents fell 0.896% to 17,577 in Switzerland in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, road injury accidents in Switzerland reached an all time high of 29,455 in 1971 and an all time low of 17,473 in 2013. When compared to Switzerland's main peers, road injury accidents in Austria amounted to 38,466, 57,522 in France, 308,145 in Germany and 175,791 in Italy in 2016.
Switzerland has been ranked 15th 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 |
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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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