26.07.2022
Covid 19 effect: more accidents, deaths and injuries than in 2020. Fewer when compared with 2019
ACCIDENTS: 151.875 = + 28.4% (-11.8% on 2019) DEATHS: 2.875 = + 20% (-9.4% on 2019) INJURIES: 204.728 = + 28.6% (-15.2% on 2019)
SOCIAL COSTS With new calculation method: € 16.4 billion (0.9% GDP) At 2010 values: € 14.6 billion (0.8% GDP) = + 26% compared to 2020
MORTALITY RATE: UP 48.6 DEATHS EVERY MILLION INHABITANTS (40.3 in 2020; 52.6 in 2019)
MORTALITY INDEX: DECREASING ON EVERY TYPE OF ROAD (death / accident ratio with personal injury) National average = 1.9 (unchanged from 2010) Extra-urban roads = 4.1 deaths per 100 accidents Motorways = 3.2; Urban roads = 1.1
WHERE IS IT? ACCIDENTS: URBAN ROADS = 73.1% DEATHS: EXTRA-URBAN ROADS = 47.5%
MAIN CAUSES DISTRACTION: 30,478 accidents = 15.4% tot. PRECEDENCE: 28.293 = 14.3% SPEED: 19.706: 10%
VICTIMS 1 IN 2 (50.9%) IS “VULNERABLE USER” MEN = 83.3%, WOMEN = 16.7% 28 DEATHS AMONG CHILDREN
AGE GROUP MOST AFFECTED: 20-24 YEARS GREATER VICTIMS INCREASE: 15-19 YEARS (+ 41.7%)
BIKES AND SCOOTERS: 16,448 ACCIDENTS (+ 22%), 229 victims (+ 30.1%), 18,037 injured (+31.6)
The pandemic situation and containment measures have influenced the trend of road accidents and mobility also in 2021: accidents, deaths and injuries increase compared to 2020 but are still lower than in 2019. This is the general picture that is obtained from reading the ACI-ISTAT report on road accidents 2021, online from today on https: www.aci.it/laci/studi-e-ricerche/dati-e-statistiche/incidentalita.html and on https://www.istat.it /.
HOW MANY ?: in 2021 there are 2,875 (on average 7.9 per day) deaths in road accidents in Italy (+ 20.0% compared to the previous year), 204,728 (561 / day) injured (+28.6 %) and 151,875 (416 / day) road accidents (+ 28.4%): values all increasing compared to 2020, but still decreasing compared to 2019 (-9.4%, victims; -15.2% , injured: -11.8%, accidents).
SOCIAL COSTS: equal to 16.4 billion euros: 0.9% of the national GDP, also due to the new parameters applied. At 2010 values, however, social costs amounted to 14.6 billion euros – 0.8% of GDP – marking a + 26%, compared to 2020.
WHERE ?: accidents occur with greater frequency on urban roads (73.1%), but the victims are concentrated, above all, on extra-urban roads (47.5%). On motorways, 5% of accidents and 8.6% of deaths.
VICTIMS: while still remaining below pre-pandemic levels, accidents, deaths and injuries are increasing on all road areas. As for the victims, the most significant increase, compared to 2021, is recorded on motorways (+ 26.2%), followed by suburban roads (+ 19.8%) and urban roads (+ 19.1%).
MORTALITY INDEX: decreases for all road areas. It remains higher on extra-urban roads – 4.1 deaths per 100 accidents (4.4 in 2020) – stands at 3.2 on motorways (3.6 in 2020) while it is 1.1 (1.2 in 2020) ) on urban roads. The national average – practically unchanged since 2010 except for non significant fluctuations – is 1.9.
WHO ?: the most vulnerable users (pedestrians, wheelchair users, cyclists and all those who deserve special protection from the dangers of road traffic, including children) account for 50.9% of road deaths. Among the 2,875 road victims, 2,396 (83.3%) are men, 479 women (16.7%). The dead drivers are 2,072 (1,870 men and 202 women), passengers 332 (196 men and 136 women) and pedestrians 471 (330 men and 141 women). Among the victims, 169 are heavy vehicle occupants (+ 44.4% compared to 2020), 695 motorcyclists (+ 18.6%), 471 pedestrians (+ 15.2%), 1,192 car occupants (+ 17.1%), 67 moped riders (+ 13.6%). Finally, for bicycles and electric scooters, 229 victims were recorded, with a variation of + 30.1% compared to 2020.
MOST AFFECTED AGE GROUP: they are: 20-24 and 45-59 years for men; 20-24 years and 70-84 years for women. The most significant increase in the number of deaths was recorded in the 15-19 age group (+ 41.7%), 25-29 (+ 34.9%), 40-49 (+ 31.5%). The situation of children is worrying: 28, between 0 and 14, lost their lives in road accidents in 2021: 23 between 5 and 14 years (they were 18 in 2019 and 29 in 2020). In particular, in the 5-9 year age group, compared to 2019, the victims increase from 4 to 6 and, in the 10-14 year class, from 14 to 17.
BECAUSE? “Distracted driving or indecisive trend” (30,478 accidents: 15.4% of the total), failure to respect priority or traffic lights (28,293 = 14.3%) and too high speed (19,706: 10%) are confirmed as the main causes of accidents : together, they represent 39.7% of cases (78,477). Followed by: “irregular maneuvers” (eg reverse, inversion, lane invasion, irregular maneuvers to stop or cross the carriageway …): 15,534: 7.9% and failure to respect the safety distance (14,081 cases: 7.1%) .
BIKES AND SCOOTERS: in total, there were 16,448 accidents (+ 22%) with bicycles (electric and non-electric) and 2,101 with scooters, with 229 victims (+ 30.1%) and 18,037 injured (+ 31.6%), as well as to pedestrians hit (6 dead and 535 injured). Electric bicycles were involved in 691 accidents (240 in 2020: + 187%), with 13 victims (6 in 2020: + 116%) and 671 injured. The accidents involving electric scooters went from 564 to 2,101 and the injured from 518 to 1,980 (values more than doubled), while the dead were 9, plus 1 pedestrian died.