11.16.2023
Accidents 79,124 (-1%), deaths 1,384 (-2.5%), injuries 106,493 (-0.9%)
The ACI-ISTAT estimates – relating to the first six months of 2023 – highlight, compared to the same period of 2022, a very limited decrease in the number of road accidents with injuries to people (79,124; -1.0%) and injuries (106,493 ; -0.9%), and a more significant decrease in victims by the thirtieth day (1,384, -2.5%).
On average, in the first six months of 2023, 437 accidents occurred every day, resulting in 7.6 deaths and 588 injuries.
In comparison with the first six months of 2019 – the reference year for the decade 2021-2030 for road safety – there was a decrease of 5.4% in road accidents, 9.0% in injuries and 9.8% of the dead. In comparison with the first half of 2022, victims decreased especially on motorways (-9.7%), followed by extra-urban roads (-3.3%) and urban roads (-0.1%).
Compared to the first six months of 2019, in the first half of 2023 victims decreased significantly on motorways (-24.1%) while on urban and extra-urban roads the drop is estimated at 7 and 9%.
As regards motorway travel, the cumulative data for the first six months of 2023 records a growth of 5.4% in vehicles/km traveled on the network, compared to the same time period last year.
This result is substantially attributable to the increase in the mileage of light vehicles, whose growth compared to 2022 was +7.1%, while the volumes for heavy vehicles recorded only a slight increase (+0.6% ).
As regards traffic on the main extra-urban network, increasing values were recorded for light and heavy vehicles, especially in the first quarter. On average, traffic increased by approximately 4% for light vehicles and 1% for heavy vehicles.
Finally, with reference to the new decade 2021-2030 and the objective of halving road deaths by 2030, the journey began with difficulty. In 2023, in fact, the percentage change in victims is only -9.8% compared to the 2019 reference value.
To halve the victims by 2030, therefore, an average annual decrease of just over 8% would need to be achieved starting from 2022 and for the following eight years.