684 road traffic deaths in 2023

4 in 10 cyclist fatalities due to collisions with passenger cars

In the period between 2019 and 2022, 1,199 cyclists were killed in traffic accidents, with 42 percent of these accidents being caused by collisions with a passenger car or van. Nearly 10 percent of all cyclist fatalities were caused by collisions involving a lorry or bus, and 32 percent were not due to collisions. These cyclists died after falling from their bicycle. Thirty-eight percent of cyclist fatalities involving people aged 75 years or older were not due to collisions.

Twenty-nine percent of the 1,022 road traffic deaths among passenger car occupants were involved in a collision with another passenger car or van, 13 percent were involved in a collision with a lorry or bus, and 40 percent were involved in a collision with a stationary object. Two thirds of the pedestrians were killed in a collision with a passenger car or van and 16 percent in a collision with a lorry or bus.

Highest number of road traffic deaths recorded in Noord-Brabant

Noord-Brabant recorded 120 road traffic fatalities, which was less than in 2022, but the highest number of all provinces. The lowest number was recorded in Flevoland (11) and Zeeland (19). Noord-Brabant has the most extensive road network of all provinces (nearly 23 thousand km), followed by Gelderland and Zuid-Holland.

Traffic mortality per km was highest in Haaglanden and Amsterdam-Amstelland

The number of road traffic deaths per thousand kilometres of road was highest in Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland. Broken down by safety region, Haaglanden (which includes The Hague and Zoetermeer) and Amsterdam-Amstelland had the most road traffic deaths over the past five years in relative terms, with 8 deaths per thousand kilometres of road. This was less than 4 deaths per thousand kilometres of road in the northeast of the Netherlands. Zeeland had the fewest traffic fatalities at 2.5 road traffic deaths per thousand kilometres of road.