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Population forecasts; key figures, 2010-2060

Population forecasts: key figures Most important key indicators of the population forecasts

Car drivers make up half of young traffic fatalities

The proportion of car drivers in fatal road accidents is higher in the 18–25 age category than among over-25s. Young drivers also more often crash into trees, crash barriers or posts.

Further reduction traffic deaths

Last year, 720 people were killed on Dutch roads, a reduction by 30 (4 percent) relative to 2008. The reduction is mainly recorded among 30 to 60-year-olds and motorists.

Dramatic decline fatal road accidents in 2008

Last year, 750 people died on Dutch roads.

Traffic death toll further down

Last year, 791 people were killed on Dutch roads.

Mortality further down

More cyclists killed on Dutch roads

811 people were killed in road traffic accidents in the Netherlands in 2006.

Drowning rate for young children continues to fall

Working population by sex

Persons employed, labour force, unemployment broken down by personal features (age, level of education, origin) and sex

Childhood cancer annually claims about 100 lives

No further reduction in traffic deaths

Number of traffic deaths down again

The number of traffic deaths on Dutch roads was brought down again last year. In 2005, the traffic death toll was 817, a reduction by 64 compared to 2004.

Slightly fewer traffic deaths in first half of 2005

Afternoon rush hour and weekends claim most traffic victims

More middle-aged suicides

Sharp fall in traffic deaths in 2004

Traffic fatality rate fell by 19 percent last year. 881 people were killed in traffic in 2004. In the previous year 1,088 people died on Dutch roads. Far fewer men and children died in road accidents.

Population forecasts; key figures, 2002 - 2050

Population forecasts: key figures Most important key indicators of the population forecasts

More traffic deaths in 2003

1088 people were killed in traffic in the Netherlands in 2003 and 1066 in 2002. In the summer months of 2003 the number of traffic deaths increased substantially, but in the fourth quarter it fell. A growing number of children died in traffic. This was mainly due to the increase in the number of deaths of children in cars. The total number of traffic deaths among car passengers, however, fell in 2003.

Heart disease claims one in three deaths

Slightly fewer road deaths in 2002

Most victims of fatal falls among the eldery

Road deaths seven percent down in 2001

Number of traffic casualties down slightly

Over 5,000 deaths from non-natural causes in the Netherlands

Nearly 1,200 deaths on Dutch roads in 1999