The monthly distribution of fatal traffic accidents differs depending on the mode of transport. Accidents involving pedestrians occur mainly in the darker months of the year, while accidents involving motorcyclists and cyclists peak during summer. Fatal car accidents are more or less evenly distributed throughout the year.
More than 20,300 people were still killed on the roads across the EU in 2023, including more than 2,800 people in Germany alone.
Last updated: May 27, 2025. Data as of 11.02.2025 taken from the "Cyclists Report/Dataset" of the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) of the EU Commission (Monthly distribution of fatal traffic accidents) and data as of May 27, 2025 taken from the Eurostat Database (Persons killed).