Nearly one in three Americans traveling abroad will choose to visit a European destination in 2023, according to data from the International Trade Administration. Around 3 million people chose to visit the UK, 1.5 million went to France and 1.6 million went to Germany. However, the rest were scattered throughout the continent. And while there, millions of people rented cars and discovered new landscapes.
It would be great to be one of the probably record numbers of Americans visiting Europe in 2024. However, if you plan to rent a car, it's good to be informed about which countries' driving conditions are the most dangerous and which are the safest.
Vignetteswitzerland.com analyzed data from the European Transport Safety Council to determine which countries have the highest number of road fatalities per million people. After crunching the numbers, the researchers found that Romania is the most dangerous country to drive in Europe. In Romania, the number of deaths per million population will be 85.81 in 2022. But as the website pointed out, there's a bit of good news here. “This is a decrease of 10.26 percent compared to 2012, when the number of deaths per million population was 95.62.”
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The second most dangerous destination on the list is Serbia, with 82.65 road fatalities per million population. However, this was also an even more significant decrease compared to 2012 data, when the number of road accident deaths per million population was 95.01.
Rounding out the top five most dangerous countries in all of Europe to drive in is Bulgaria, with 77.64 road deaths per million people. Croatia ranks 4th in terms of the number of traffic fatalities per million people, with 71.20. In fifth place is Portugal, with 62.30 road fatalities per million people. But again, the silver lining for Portugal is that this figure is down 8.53 percent from 2012, when there were 68.11 road fatalities per million population.
When it comes to the safest countries, the study ranks Norway first with just 21.38 deaths per million people, followed by Sweden with 21.72 road deaths per million people. . The UK ranks as the third safest country, with 25.89 people dying in road accidents per million people.
It's important to remember that none of this data is presented to scare you. Rather, it is here to inform and remind you to abide by local laws to keep you and your passenger safe while traveling.
MEWijnmalen, CEO of Vignetteswitzerland.com, said: “Europe is so connected and given how easy it is to travel from one country to another, it's important to always know the driving conditions in each country you're traveling to. It's important to keep it that way.”to travel + leisure. “Many factors can influence these conditions, such as road quality, driving practices and even speed limit changes, which can impact the risks posed by simply driving on the road. there is.”
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