Table 1 Road traffic and road deaths during COVID-19 pandemic
From: Global impact of COVID-19 pandemic on road traffic collisions
Country | Traffic volume (% change) | Road deaths (% change) | Annual road deaths (% change) | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 2020 versus April 2019 | April 2020 versus April 2019 | April 2020 versus April 2017–2019 average | 2020 versus 2019 | ||
Albania | NA | NA | NA | − 20 | [117] |
Australia | − 43 | − 23 to − 24 | NA | − 7 | |
Austria | − 50 | − 25 to − 30 | − 9 | − 19 | |
Belgium | − 60 *March 2020 versus March 2018–2019 | − 68 | − 68 | − 22 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | NA | NA | NA | − 7 | [117] |
Bulgaria | NA | NA | NA | − 26 | [24] |
Canada | NA | − 34 | − 46 | + 22 *Ontario | |
Chile | − 56.5 (Santiago city) | − 24 (June on June) | NA | NA | [43] |
Columbia (*Cali) | − 70 *April 2020 versus 2016–2019 |  | − 55 *Compared to 2016–2019 | NA | [138] |
Croatia | − 50 *April 2020 versus April 2018–2019 | − 39 | − 35 | − 20 | |
Cyprus | − 65 (urban areas) and − 70 (motorways) *April 2020 versus February 2020 | − 100 | − 100 | − 8 | |
Czech Republic | − 50 (motorways) | − 11 to − 15 | + 5 | − 16 | |
|  | − 65 (urban areas) *April versus February 2020 and before |  |  |  |  |
Denmark | − 25 | + 9 | + 6 | − 22 | |
Estonia | − 10 *April 2020 versus April 2018–2019 | − 25 | − 18 | + 15 | |
Finland | − 34 | − 24 to − 29 | − 38 | + 4 | |
France | − 75 | − 56 | − 61 | − 21 | |
Germany | − 48 | − 1 | − 5 | − 11 | |
Greece | − 42 to − 74 *March–April 2020 versus Feb 2020 | − 58 | − 59 | − 16 | |
Hungary | − 33 | − 43 | − 49 | − 25 | |
|  | − 41 *April 2020 versus April 2017 |  |  |  |  |
Iceland | NA | NA | NA | + 33 | [24] |
Ireland | − 62 (Cars) | − 22 | − 36 | + 6 | |
|  | − 65 to − 70 (National road network) |  |  |  |  |
Israel | − 60 | − 28 | NA | NA | [43] |
Italy | − 75 to − 80 | − 79 to − 80 | − 84 | − 25 | |
Japan | NA | NA | NA | − 12 | [119] |
Kosovo | NA | NA | NA | − 28 | [117] |
Latvia | NA | − 33 | − 25 | + 7 | |
Lithuania | − 36 | − 42 to − 71 | − 30 | − 6 | |
Luxembourg | NA | NA | + 300 | + 18 | |
Macedonia (North) | NA | NA | NA | − 5 | [117] |
Malta | NA | NA | NA | − 31 | [24] |
Montenegro | NA | NA | NA | + 2 | [117] |
Mexico | − 59 | − 23 | NA | NA | [43] |
Morocco | NA | − 65 | NA | NA | [43] |
Nepal | − 59 *March 24–June 14, 2020 versus 2019 | NA | NA | NA | [57] |
Netherlands | − 35 | + 6 | + 13 | − 8 | |
New Zealand | − 74 | − 80 | NA | − 9 | |
Norway | − 25 | − 46 | − 19 | − 11 | |
Poland | NA | − 32 | NA | − 15 | |
Portugal | NA | − 50 to − 59 | − 46 | − 18 | |
Romania | NA | − 46 | − 52 | − 12 | |
Saudi Arabia | − 26 to − 55 *March–April 2020 versus February 2020 | NA | NA | − 20 | |
Serbia | NA | − 49 | NA | − 8 | |
Slovakia | NA | + 50 | + 20 | − 9 | |
Slovenia | − 54 | − 42 | − 40 | − 22 | |
South Africa | − 77 | − 78 | NA | NA | [43] |
South Korea | NA | NA | NA | − 12 *Seoul | [140] |
Spain | − 75 (− 75 *April 2020 versus April 2017–2019) | − 49 to − 59 | − 63 | − 21 | |
Sweden | − 22 (− 22 *April 2020 versus Apr 2017–2019) | + 6 | + 2 | − 14 | |
Switzerland | NA | NA | NA | + 21 | |
Uruguay | NA | − 51 | NA | NA | [43] |
UK | − 63 | − 48 | NA | − 14 | |
USA | − 40 | − 18 | NA | + 7 | |