In 2022, there were more than 18 000 transport accidents with casualties. About 270 people lost their life, 241 of them in road traffic accidents, 21 in railway accidents and 4 in aviation accidents. For shipping, the only data available are on public shipping. One fatality was registered in 2022.
A historical comparison shows that among the main transport modes, the number of deaths has fallen markedly since the 1970s.
| Road accidents | |
|---|---|
| Accidents with casualties | 18 396 |
| Persons killed | 241 |
| Change since 2010 | –59% |
| Persons seriously injured | 4 002 |
| Persons slightly injured | 17 896 |
| Railway accidents | |
| Accidents with casualties | 54 |
| Persons killed (excl. suicide) | 21 |
| Change since 2010 | –28% |
| Passengers killed | 0 |
| Other transport accidents | |
| Persons killed in civil aviation accidents | 4 |
| Persons killed in aerial cableway accidents | 1 |
The danger of a fatal accident varies from one mode of transport to another. Railways are by far the safest with regard to distance covered: on average, in the past ten years (2012 to 2021) there was one death per 190.8 billion person-kilometres covered, i.e. 4.8 million orbits around the Earth. The passenger car is also a relatively safe mode of transport, whereas travel by bicycle and motorcycle is far more dangerous. If, however, the risk of death is measured not in terms of kilometres travelled but by the length of time travelled, the risk by bicycle is lowered considerably.
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