Fatalities of railway accidents in the EU-27 from 2010 to 2022
Between 2010 and 2022, the number of people killed in railway accidents decreased by 35 percent, a difference of over 440 deaths. With the exception of 2016 and 2022, every following year saw a decrease in the number of rail accident-related fatalities. The most significant decrease occurred in 2020, when fatalities fell by 14.3 percent year-on-year related with the reduction in passenger traffic caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
