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According to preliminary estimates from ISTAT, the National Institute of Statistics, between January and September 2020 there was a sharp decrease in traffic accidents. The fall in accidents is an indirect consequence of the measures taken by the government to contain the spread of the coronavirus infection. In particular the emergency shutdown last spring, which began in March and lasted until May, “resulted in an almost total blockage of mobility and circulation” with a consequent reduction in accidents.
Preliminary estimate of traffic accidents: between January and September 2020 there were 90,821 accidents with injuries to people (-29.5% in 2019), 123,061 injured (-32%) and 1,788 victims (-26.3%) #state https://t.co/ojwbJRZPhf pic.twitter.com/dDd9yXO8CJ
– Status (@istat_it) December 16, 2020
From January to September, road accidents with personal injuries were 90,821, 29.5 percent less than in the same period in 2019. Injuries were 123,061 (29.5 percent less) and 1,788 deaths (26.3 percent). hundred less). The decrease was even more pronounced if we consider only the period from January to June 2020: accidents and injuries decreased by 40 percent, while deaths by 34 percent. In the July-September quarter, accidents increased, with a lesser decrease than in the first semester.
The decrease in deaths in the first nine months of 2020 affects both accidents on highways (50 percent less than in the same period in 2019), and those on urban and extra-urban roads (between 40 and 44 percent less). According to ISTAT, which reports data from the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), “the largest reduction in traffic fatalities in April 2020 was recorded in Italy, followed by Belgium, Spain, France and Greece.”
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