Sunday, 1 May 2016

Crash, Bang, Wallop. EU's abysmal driving standards.


In 2015 very few EU countries had what one might term an 'acceptable' number of road deaths per million of population. 

 Okay, I know that even one death is one too many, but one has to be realistic. 

 The lower the score (in my traffic light league table below) the safer the roads, and the less chance you have of becoming an unfortunate statistic.  

 Be careful out there. 

 Road Safety First

 1. Malta 26
2. Sweden 27
3. Holland 28
4. Great Britain 29

 Middle of the Road 

 5. Denmark 30
6. Spain 36
6= Ireland 36
8. Germany 43
9. Finland 48

 Highways to Hell 

10. Estonia 50 
11. Slovakia 51
12. France 54
13. Italy 56
13= Austria 56
15. Luxembourg 58 
15= Slovenia 58
17. Portugal 60
18. Hungary 66
18= Cyprus 66
20. Belgium 67
21. Czech Rep. 70
22. Greece 74
23. Poland 77
24. Croatia 82 
24= Lithuania 82
26. Latvia 94 
27. Bulgaria 95 
27= Rumania 95 
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6 comments:

  1. Shawn1 May 2016 at 17:01

    There might be some interesting correlations here.

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    1. Gwil W1 May 2016 at 17:04

      Shawn, I'd have to agree with your observation.

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    2. Gwil W1 May 2016 at 17:06

      Incidentally I found the statistics via a piece in the Washington Post.
      Haven't seen them on any of our papers.

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  2. Rachel Phillips1 May 2016 at 17:12

    We have the bottom six in abundance in this region. So I already know.

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    1. Gwil W1 May 2016 at 21:02

      I know what you mean. When I see those RU designations on the backs of trucks and buses and on trailers attached to white vans towing GB, A, and D auto wrecks across the continent I'm very cautious.

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  3. Gwil W1 May 2016 at 21:04

    RO that was supposed to be.

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