Analysing the recorded figures, 1,746 people were killed in 2022 (9 fewer than in 2019), which represents a decrease of 1% in a total of 97,916 road accidents in Spain (a figure 6% lower than in 2019). Thus, fatality rate per million population stood at 37, remaining 9 points below the average rate of the European Union countries (46) and being the sixth lowest in the European Union, only behind Sweden (22), Denmark (26), Ireland (31), Germany (33) and Finland (35) and at the same level as the Netherlands and Estonia (both also at 37).
