Between 1996 and 2022, the number of road fatalities in the Netherlands fluctuated. In 2022, 737 people died in traffic-related accidents, an increase in comparison to the previous year. Of these, 522 were men and 215 were women. In every year since 1996, more than twice as many men died in road fatalities as women.
Number of road fatalities in the Netherlands from 1996 to 2022, by sex
Road fatality: a road user whose death is the result of an accident on the public road, connected to the traffic, involving at least one moving vehicle. The number includes both residents and non-residents. Not counted as road fatalities are those accidents occurring on other places than the public road, deaths occurring 30 days or more after the accident, or when the deceased is counted as suicide or murder victim.
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (April 18, 2023). Number of road fatalities in the Netherlands from 1996 to 2022, by sex [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1378791/netherlands-total-number-of-road-fatalities-by-sex/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Number of road fatalities in the Netherlands from 1996 to 2022, by sex." Chart. April 18, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1378791/netherlands-total-number-of-road-fatalities-by-sex/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2023). Number of road fatalities in the Netherlands from 1996 to 2022, by sex. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1378791/netherlands-total-number-of-road-fatalities-by-sex/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Number of Road Fatalities in The Netherlands from 1996 to 2022, by Sex." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1378791/netherlands-total-number-of-road-fatalities-by-sex/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Number of road fatalities in the Netherlands from 1996 to 2022, by sex Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1378791/netherlands-total-number-of-road-fatalities-by-sex/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of road fatalities in the Netherlands from 1996 to 2022, by sex [Graph], Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, April 18, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1378791/netherlands-total-number-of-road-fatalities-by-sex/