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Road death toll in Bulgaria remains high

In 2019, the road death toll in Bulgaria amounted to 628, which was 17 people more as compared to the previous year. Bulgaria will again top the negative EU ranking with 90 deaths in road traffic accidents per 1 million inhabitants. Last year, the number of severe road accidents amounted to 6,730, which was 46 more than in 2018. The number of wounded people reached 8,499, which was 28 more than the previous year. In 2016, Bulgaria topped the EU death toll ranking per capita with 99 deaths in road accidents per 1 million people. Romania comes second with 97 deaths in road traffic accidents per 1 million inhabitants. In 2017 and 2018, Romania topped the negative ranking with 98 and 96 deaths in road accidents per 1 million people and Bulgaria was second with 96 and 89 deaths in road traffic accidents per 1 million ihnabitans. In the EU, there are an verage of 50 deaths in road accidents per 1 million inhabitants.




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